Arm to start making server CPUs in-house
by Matthew Garrahan, Tim Bradshaw, and David Keohane, from Ars Technica - All content on (#6V9MS)
Arm plans to launch its own chip this year after securing Meta as one of its first customers, in a radical change to the SoftBank-owned group's business model of licensing its blueprints to the likes of Apple and Nvidia.
Rene Haas, Arm's chief executive, will unveil the first chip that it has made in-house as early as this summer, according to people familiar with the UK-based group's plans.
The move from designing the basic building blocks of a chip to making its own complete processor could also upend the balance of power in the $700 billion semiconductor industry, putting Arm into competition with some of its biggest customers.