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Arm, the leader in chips used in everything from mobile devices to supercomputers, has unveiled Armv9, the company’s first major architectural change in a decade. The new designs should result in 30% ...

In context: Arm might not have the same consumer desktop presence as Intel or AMD, but when it comes to smartphones, servers, and even new MacBooks, the company's processor architecture is essentially ...

Chip designer Arm Ltd. has announced its new v9 architecture, a design that could eventually appear in the Apple Silicon powering future iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The new Arm v9 focuses on three areas ...