Ampere unveils 80-core Altra server processor designed for modern cloud and edge computing data centres

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The chip features 7nm architecture based on a 64-bit ARM design

ARM server-chip start-up Ampere unveiled an industry first 80-core CPU, the Ampere Altra server processor which, the company claimed, is twice as fast as comparable processors from Intel. Ampere...

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