We've been hearing for quite a few years that Arm could be planning to build its own chips, and it looks like things could be one step closer to that happening.
Samsung has announced a new strategic collaboration with Arm to deliver the next-generation Arm Cortex-X CPU, optimized with the latest Gate-All-Around (GAA) process technology from Samsung Foundry.
This partnership is expected to pave the way for a series of innovations between the two technology giants, with ambitious plans to reinvent the 2 nanometer (nm) GAA for next-generation data center and infrastructure custom silicon.
Pushing the limits
The collaboration also aims to develop an innovative AI chiplet solution, which will potentially revolutionize the future generative AI mobile computing market. The mutual goal is to redefine the possibilities of mobile computing and meet the relentless performance and efficiency demands of the AI era, and also represents a significant step in the direction of Arm being able to begin building its own chips.
For now, the partnership is focused on optimizing Arm's Cortex-A and Cortex-X general-purpose CPU cores for Samsung's next-generation 2nm-class process technology. The collaboration is expected to result in a wide range of applications, including next-generation customized data centers and infrastructure, smartphones, and various chiplet-based solutions.
As Tom Hardware As he points out, this underscores the importance of design collaboration between IP developers and foundries to maximize performance and minimize power consumption of circuits.
As a result of the joint work, customers of the two companies will be able to license optimized 2nm versions of Samsung's Cortex-A or Cortex-X cores, simplifying the development process and accelerating time to market. However, Arm and Samsung have yet to reveal when the first results of their collaboration will be available to their customers.
“Our long-standing collaboration with Samsung has delivered cutting-edge, multi-generation innovation,” said Chris Bergey, senior vice president and general manager of customer business at Arm Inc. “The optimization of Cortex-X and Cortex-A processors in the latest node “We share a vision to redefine what is possible in mobile computing and look forward to continuing to push the boundaries to meet the relentless demands for performance and efficiency of the AI era.”
