Arm Breaks With Tradition, Launches Its First Self-Produced CPU With Meta as Lead Partner

Arm breaks decades of tradition by launching its first self-produced CPU, the Arm AGI CPU, with Meta as lead partner, boasting 136 cores and double the performance per watt of x86 chips, set for deployment in AI data centers later this year.

• Arm is unveiling its first ever self-produced CPU, called the Arm AGI CPU, marking a major shift from its decades-long business model of only licensing chip designs to other companies.
• Meta is the lead partner and co-developer of the new chip, planning to deploy it in its AI data centers later this year across multiple generations, alongside hardware from Nvidia and AMD.
• The Arm AGI CPU features up to 136 cores per chip and claims double the performance per watt compared to traditional x86 processors, with other customers including OpenAI, Cerebras, Cloudflare, and SK Telecom also lined up to use it.