Hacker News with Generative AI: Arm

Setting Up an RK3588 SBC QEMU Hypervisor with ZFS on Debian (kumio.org)
The BananaPi M71 2 aka ArmSoM-Sige73 has attractive specs for use as an efficient but capable device for small-scale server deployment. As it’s performant enough to be interesting for real-world mixed workloads with some margin, it makes sense to consider it as a KVM hypervisor. Very relevant for setting up a small private cloud (雲立て or “kumotate”).

Server Deployment, Debian, KVM, Cloud Computing, Arm

82 points by kumiokun 2 days ago | 30 comments

System76 built the fastest Windows Arm PC (jeffgeerling.com)
System76 built their first workstation-class Arm PC, the Thelio Astra, and it's marketed for streamlined autonomous vehicle development.

Hardware, Windows, Arm, Automotive

126 points by speckx 15 days ago | 63 comments

Qualcomm wins licensing fight with Arm over chip designs (bloomberg.com)
Qualcomm Inc. prevailed at trial against Arm Holdings Plc’s claim that it breached a license for chip technology that the world’s largest maker of mobile-phone processors acquired when it bought a startup in 2021.

Technology, Lawsuits, Qualcomm, Arm, Chip Design

211 points by my123 28 days ago | 129 comments

Fujitsu Monaka CPU Target Added to GCC 15 Compiler (phoronix.com)
Fujitsu has upstreamed support for their next-gen "Monaka" Armv9 processor into the GNU Compiler Collection codebase in time for the GCC 15 release coming out early next year.

GCC, Compilers, Processors, Arm, Open Source

6 points by rbanffy 37 days ago | 2 comments

What Arm's CEO makes of the Intel debacle (theverge.com)
Arm CEO Rene Haas has a unique, bird’s eye view of the tech industry. His company’s chip designs are in the majority of devices you use on a daily basis, from your smartphone to your car. The SoftBank-backed company he leads is worth almost $150 billion, which is now considerably more than Intel.

Tech Industry, Business, Semiconductors, Arm, Intel

50 points by m463 41 days ago | 56 comments

Nvidia is working on Arm processors for Windows, according to report (pcworld.com)
You might not know it, but Nvidia builds a lot of Arm processors. In addition to its self-branded and much-loved SHIELD set-top boxes, it makes the Tegra heart of every Nintendo Switch, now over 140 million of them as its generation winds down.

Nvidia, Arm, Windows, Processors, Hardware

7 points by doublepg23 78 days ago | 1 comments

Benchmarks of Google's Axion Arm-Based CPU (phoronix.com)
Earlier this year Google announced Axion as their first Arm-based CPU for the Google Cloud. Today already they are taking Axion to general availability with the new C4A instances. These new C4A instances are advertised as offering up to 50% better performance and up to 60% better energy efficiency than their current generation x86 instance types.

Google Cloud, Hardware, Benchmarks, CPU, Arm

49 points by mfiguiere 79 days ago | 12 comments

Qualcomm accuses Arm of anticompetitive conduct as its license is terminated (tomshardware.com)

Qualcomm, Arm, Antitrust, Licensing, Technology

5 points by dingi 86 days ago | 1 comments

Qualcomm's V8 License, Cancelled by Arm [video] (youtube.com)

Qualcomm, Arm, Licensing, Semiconductors, Technology

4 points by locusm 86 days ago | 1 comments

Arm is canceling Qualcomm's chip design license (bloomberg.com)
Arm Holdings Plc is canceling a license that allowed longtime partner Qualcomm Inc. to use Arm intellectual property to design chips, escalating a legal dispute over vital smartphone technology.

Arm, Qualcomm, Semiconductors, Licensing, Lawsuits

622 points by necubi 87 days ago | 450 comments

Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows – the fastest X Elite, tested (jeffgeerling.com)
I have mixed feelings publishing this post: many developers who are actively trying to port their Windows software to Arm are still awaiting shipment of their own Snapdragon Dev Kits, and I seem to be one of the first few people to receive one.

Windows, Arm, Software Development

30 points by ingve 108 days ago | 20 comments

Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 (theregister.com)
Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud.

Oracle, Arm, Chip Manufacturing, Cloud Computing, Acquisitions

24 points by pjmlp 113 days ago | 0 comments

Qualcomm's new 8-core Snapdragon chip is aimed at cheaper Arm Windows PCs (arstechnica.com)
Windows-on-Arm is finally just about good enough to serve as your main PC, thanks to a combination of long-awaited Snapdragon X-series silicon from Qualcomm, Arm-specific improvements in the Windows 11 24H2 update, and third-party software developers that are slowly but surely putting out Arm-native versions of their most popular apps.

Windows, Qualcomm, Arm, Hardware, PCs

5 points by LinuxBender 136 days ago | 0 comments

Arm's Neoverse V2, in AWS's Graviton 4 (chipsandcheese.com)

Arm, AWS, Processors, Cloud Computing

61 points by gautamcgoel 179 days ago | 5 comments

Arm aims to capture 50% of PC market in five years, CEO says (reuters.com)

Technology, Market Share, Business, Semiconductor Industry, Arm

14 points by ampersand42 227 days ago | 10 comments

Arm says its next-gen mobile GPU will be its most 'performant and efficient' (theverge.com)

Mobile GPUs, Performance, Efficiency, Hardware, Arm

14 points by joyboyyy 233 days ago | 5 comments

Linus Torvalds Now Favors Ampere Arm Chip over Apple Silicon MacBook (tomshardware.com)

Linus Torvalds, Apple Silicon, Arm, Hardware, Technology

47 points by doener 246 days ago | 16 comments

Alibaba's Yitian 710 is quickest server CPU but it is based on Arm (techradar.com)

Alibaba, Arm, Server CPUs, Processors, Hardware

16 points by thelastgallon 251 days ago | 14 comments