Neowin News Feed for: Arm

Meta and Arm are now building CPUs for AI data centers

Ivan Jenic — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:46:01 +0000

As the demand for AI data center hardware grows, Meta and Arm are building their own CPUs for heavy AI workloads. Read more...

Microsoft brings Windows Admin Center support to Arm-based Copilot+ PCs

Paul Hill — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:10:01 +0000

Microsoft now supports Windows Admin Center on Arm-based Copilot+ PCs. IT admins can manage their entire Windows ecosystem directly from the new devices, with key features like HA deployment restored. Read more...

Microsoft will release a new low-latency audio driver for Windows on Arm in 2026

Usama Jawad — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:08:02 +0000

Microsoft has detailed plans to release a new, low-latency audio driver with ASIO support for Windows on Arm devices next year. Read more...

What Qualcomm's major court victory against Arm means for its future chips

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:58:01 +0000

Qualcomm has won a longstanding legal battle against Arm Holdings. Here's what it means for the future of Arm-based chip production Read more...

Surface with an ARM processor from AMD is reportedly coming next year

Taras Buria — Thu, 15 May 2025 16:40:01 +0000

AMD is working on ARM-based processors, and they might show up in new Surface devices as soon as next year. Read more...

SerDes technology's strategic value revealed as Arm's acquisition falls through

Paul Hill — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:16:01 +0000

AI hype is driving a need for faster data transfers, making SerDes an important technology. Arm tried to acquire a leading firm in this field but the deal collapsed for this reason. Read more...

Google Drive for Windows on Arm is finally publicly available

David Uzondu — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:10:01 +0000

Several months after launching Google Drive for Desktop in beta for Windows on Arm, Google is launching the first stable version. Read more...

Softbank plans to invest up to $25 billion into OpenAI, surpassing Microsoft

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:00:01 +0000

SoftBank is currently in discussions to invest up to $25 billion into OpenAI, which would make it the largest financial backer of the AI startup, surpassing Microsoft's investment. Read more...

Google's Quick Share is expanding to ARM-based Windows PCs

David Uzondu — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:30:02 +0000

Google is bringing Quick Share (formerly Nearby Share) to ARM-based Windows PCs, ending the need for workarounds. Read more...

Arm cancels Qualcomm's license to make ARM-based chips

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:46:01 +0000

Arm is revoking Qualcomm's license to design chips using Arm's technology, potentially disrupting the smartphone and automotive industries. Read more...

Blender and other Windows apps are now available for Snapdragon X Windows PCs

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:56:02 +0000

Qualcomm announced that more well-known content creation apps, including Blender, are now available on Windows PCs with Arm-based Snapdragon X chips. Read more...

Microsoft announces general availability of Azure Cobalt 100-based VMs

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its new Cobalt 100-based VMs on Azure. These VMs offer significant performance improvements. Read more...

AMD, Intel go from worst enemies to best friends to upgrade x86 and ward off the Arm scare

Sayan Sen — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:30:01 +0000

AMD and Intel has announced today the formation of the new x86 ecosystem advisory group to improvement the overall x86 architecture and product ecosystem. Read more...

Valve may be testing an ARM version of Steam

John Callaham — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 17:16:02 +0000

There is evidence that Valve is working on a version of Steam that will run on Windows 11 with Arm-based processors. Read more...

Vivaldi launches ARM-native version of its browser for Copilot+ PCs

Taras Buria — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:26:01 +0000

In addition to announcing a new feature update, Vivaldi revealed that its browser is now available natively on Copilot+ PCs. Read more...

ARM joins the super resolution bandwagon with Accuracy Super Resolution

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 05:46:02 +0000

Arm chose temporal upscaling for ASR, drawing inspiration from AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR2), which is used on PCs and consoles. Leveraging FSR2's open-source nature, Arm developed ASR. Read more...

Adobe will launch more native Arm-based Windows apps, including Illustrator, soon

John Callaham — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that Adobe will launch more Arm-based versions of its apps for Windows devices, such as the newly released Qualcomm Snapdragon X-based notebooks in the very near future. Read more...

A new site claims it will show if PC games will run on Windows with Arm-based chips

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2024 22:28:01 +0000

A new website has launched with a list of PC games to show if those titles will be able to run on Windows PCs with Arm-based chips, like the upcoming Snapdragon X Series-based laptops. Read more...

Apple's AI features will reportedly be powered by in-house silicon on cloud

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 10 May 2024 06:38:01 +0000

Apple will be using its own silicon processors to power the upcoming AI features on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. The company will use the M2 Ultra chips in its data centers for the operation. Read more...

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X Plus for Windows 11 ARM PCs

Taras Buria — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:42:01 +0000

Qualcomm has a new chip for upcoming Windows on ARM PCs. The Snapdragon X Plus is a ten-core ARM processor that promises "unprecedented performance" and energy efficiency for Windows PCs. Read more...

The Vivaldi browser gets updated with very early support for Windows on ARM

John Callaham — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:16:02 +0000

The latest version of the Vivaldi web browser includes support for running it on Windows devices with ARM processors, but users should be aware this is a very early version of this support Read more...

Google reveals new Arm-based custom Axion CPUs made for cloud and data servers

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:28:01 +0000

Google has officially announced Axion, its latest in-house designed processor. Arm-based Axion chips are made for cloud and data servers and will be available for Google Cloud users later in 2024. Read more...

Microsoft's Arm Advisory Service is now available worldwide for app developers

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its Arm Advisory Service, which helps app developers make Windows apps for Arm-based devices, is now available worldwide for the first time after launching in October. Read more...

Surface Pro 10 with OLED display and Surface Laptop 6 with ARM chip are coming March 21

Taras Buria — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 16:10:01 +0000

Microsoft's next-generation Surface Pro and Laptop are coming later this month with plenty of changes, such as an OLED display and an ARM chip. Microsoft reportedly plans to show them on March 21. Read more...

Firm behind ChatGPT could buy UK chipmaker Graphcore for its IPUs

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 02:02:01 +0000

The firm behind ChatGPT is just one company considering buying Graphcore, a struggling UK chipmaker focused on Intelligent Processing Units. IPUs could run generative AI much better than GPUs. Read more...

Brave launches a native ARM version of its browser for Windows

Taras Buria — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 22:52:01 +0000

PC users with devices powered by ARM processors have one more browser option to choose from. Brave, a privacy-focused browser based on Chromium, recently launched a stable version for ARM64. Read more...

Next-gen Surface Pro and Laptop may bring ARM chips, new design, and big focus on AI

Taras Buria — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 18:16:01 +0000

A new report emerged with details about the upcoming Surface Pro '10' and Surface Laptop '6.' According to it, the new computers will bring ARM chips, a big focus on AI, and notable design changes. Read more...

Arm acquires a minority stake in Raspberry Pi

Paul Hill — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:20:01 +0000

Arm has acquired a minority stake in Raspberry Pi. The organizations have been working together since 2008 and this cements that partnership. Arm didn't mention any future plans it may have in mind. Read more...

NVIDIA reportedly is designing upcoming Arm-based CPUs for Windows PCs for launch in 2025

John Callaham — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:06:01 +0000

A new report claims NVIDIA is designing Arm-based processors designed to run Microsoft's Windows operating system. The first such NVIDIA Windows processors could launch sometime in 2025. Read more...

Microsoft launches Arm Advisory Service to help developers make Windows Arm-based apps

John Callaham — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has just announced a new and free program called the Arm Advisory Service. It will offer assistance to developers who want to have their Windows apps run on Arm-based PCs Read more...

New rumor claims Microsoft will only refresh CPUs in its next Surface laptops

Omer Dursun — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 23:08:01 +0000

Microsoft is unveiling 4 new Surface laptops on September 21, including a Surface Laptop Studio with Core i7, a Surface Laptop Go with Core i5, and a Surface Go 3/4 with ARM instead of Intel. Read more...

Arm files for its upcoming and highly anticipated IPO with the NASDAQ stock market

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:32:02 +0000

As expected, the UK-based chip designer Arm filed for its upcoming IPO with the NASDAQ stock market. When the stock begins trading, it will do so under the ticker symbol “ARM.” Read more...

Apple and Samsung plan to invest in ARM during the company's IPO

Mehrotra A — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:02:01 +0000

SoftBank owned British chip maker ARM is planning to launch its IPO later this year. According to the latest report, ARM has interests from both Apple and Samsung to acquire shares in the company. Read more...

Microsoft may have postponed Surface Go with ARM chip in favor of Intel N200 processor

Mehrotra A — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:04:01 +0000

Microsoft may have pushed the launch of Surface Go featuring ARM processors in favor of Intel. As per the reports, the new Surface Go is expected to feature Intel's new N200 mobile processors. Read more...

Arm announce new mobile CPUs and GPUs for Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, other next-gen chips

Tushar Mehta — Mon, 29 May 2023 10:56:01 +0000

Arm has announced the latest CPU and GPU reference designs, including the flagship Cortex-X4, mid-tier Cortex-A720, and Cortex-A520 efficiency cores with new Immortalis-G720 and Mali-G720, G620 GPUs. Read more...

Arm has filed papers to register for a US stock market launch this year

John Callaham — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 21:48:01 +0000

The initial public stock offering is expected to raise between $8 billion to $10 billion for the chip designer, over a year after Arm's planned acquisition by NVIDIA was called off. Read more...

ARM is developing its own prototype chip, says report

Aditya Tiwari — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:46:01 +0000

A new report reveals that ARM is working on a home-baked semiconductor chip to flex its muscles. The company wants to attract more customers and fuel growth following its IPO later this year. Read more...

Intel to make Arm-based chips at its foundry locations

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 20:42:01 +0000

The new agreement between Intel and Arm will see mobile chips that use Arm designs made with Intel's 18A process. The financial terms of this new chip making agreement were not revealed. Read more...

ARM will no longer sell advanced chip designs to Chinese firms amid U.S. export controls

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:46:01 +0000

ARM has determined that it will not be able to sell its latest Neoverse V series chips to Alibaba due to concerns that the U.S. and the U.K. will not approve the necessary export licenses. Read more...

Arm sues Qualcomm and Nuvia for alleged breach of license agreement

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:30:01 +0000

Arm has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm and its subsidiary Nuvia for allegedly breaching license agreements and trademark infringements. Arm wants Qualcomm to destroy certain Nuvia designs as well. Read more...