Alibaba Cloud unveils home-spun 128-core Arm-compatible server processor

Alibaba Cloud has revealed a home-grown processor for servers, based on the Arm architecture, that it has already deployed powering its cloud services. Named Yitian 710, the processor was built on a 5nm process and boasts 128 Armv9-compatible CPU cores that hum along at up to 3.2GHz. Eight DDR5 channels and 96 PCIe 5.0 lanes …

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China arm of ARM

Alibaba Cloud has revealed a home-grown CPU for servers, based on the Arm architecture

Is this involving the breakaway China arm of ARM?

And if so where does it stand legally if it wanted to sell these chips to the rest of the world?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: China arm of ARM

I'm not sure how much of a breakaway it actually is. ARM owns 49% of ARM China, vs 51% by Hou An, so why they expect to be in full control with a minority ownership is not clear to me.

[Nightkiller]

Re: China arm of ARM

Because the party says so.