TechWatch

Arm-based workstation kits from Ampere

Can an Arm-based workstation really make an impression?

Jon Peddie

Ampere, the company not the chip, has put out a workstation kit based on the company’s 128-core, Arm-based processor, making it the first Arm workstation. Ampere was founded in October 2017 by industry semiconductor veteran Renee James, formerly the president of Intel from 2013 to 2016. The company launched two “cloud-native” processors—the Arm-based 80-core Ampere Altra and the 128-core Ampere Altra Max. Claiming to offer the highest total performance and performance per watt of power, the processors are offered as a server solution for data center applications by cloud service providers. The Ampere processors have been implemented in rack servers
...

Enjoy full access with a TechWatch subscription!

TechWatch is the front line of JPR information gathering service, comprising current stories of interest to the graphics industry spanning the core areas of graphics hardware and software, workstations, gaming, and design.

A subscription to TechWatch includes 4 hours of consulting time to be used over the course of the subscription.

Already a subscriber? Login below

This content is restricted

Subscribe to TechWatch