ARM goes 64 Bit

There are rumours that the ARM architecture will compete in the server market.
The architecture is called ARMv8 and will run 32 and 64 Bit Code, the first processor
designs from ARM are named Cortex-A57 (high performance) and Cortex-A53 (energy efficient).
The X-Gene from AppliedMicro has its own server-centric chip design.

• With ARMv8 it is possible to address more then 4 GB of physical memory which is necessary for large servers.

Companies with Cortex-A5x license:
AMD, Broadcom, Calxeda, HiSilicon, STMicroelectronics, Samsung,
Freescale 

Linux support is ready soon:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/64-bit-ARM-support-merged-into-Linux-kernel-1721911.html

Debian support for ARM:
http://wiki.debian.org/Arm64Port

First Silicon from AppliedMicro:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013429/dell-testing-64bit-arm-server-with-chip-from-appliedmicro.html

Specification for server board ready:
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/appliedmicro-contributes-first-arm-based-microserver-specification-open-compute-project-nasdaq-amcc-1746572.htm 

Micro module:
http://www.opencompute.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Open_Compute_Project_MicroServer_AppliedMicro_MicroModuleMotherboard_Specification_v0.3.pdf

Server from Mitac:
http://www.mitac.com/Business/7-Star.html

Spec:
http://www.opencompute.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Open_Compute_Project_ARM_Server_Specification_v0.3.pdf

http://www.opencompute.org/     interesting organisation

X-Gene up to 3 GHz:    
http://www.apm.com/products/x-gene 

Apples A7 processor in iPhone5s is based on ARMv8:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7304/apple-announces-a7-worlds-first-64bit-smartphone-soc

Combine - big.LITTLE Processing:
http://www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/biglittleprocessing.php

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