ARM Announces 64-Bit Processors Coming in 2014

ARM on Tuesday announced that it will be bringing 64-bit chips to market in 2014.

ARM's Cortex-A50 series of processors are based on the ARMv8 architecture and take what ARM describes as "a fresh approach to 64-bit compute." These chips are designed to be low-power, which means they'll be perfect for smartphones, tablets and beyond.

More than just consumer devices, ARM is also launching a Cortex-A50 designed for the server room. AMD has already signed on to license the Core-A50 series for its server technology.

This is huge because, as ARM told us, in the coming years, data centers will give off more CO2 emissions than airplanes. Getting down to low-power, high performance chips…
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