Arm-based server CPUs

Intel's concentrated server CPU position limits Arm-based designs to hyperscaler custom silicon and a few merchant vendors.

Arm ISA server processors including hyperscaler custom designs (AWS Graviton, Google Axion, Microsoft Cobalt) and merchant CPUs (Ampere, NVIDIA Grace/Vera). Hyperscalers capture cost and power efficiency versus x86; NVIDIA Grace commands premium when paired with Blackwell in integrated systems.

What the evidence shows

Arm-based platforms captured nearly half of server revenue in accelerated systems.

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Arm server CPU share grew from 11.5% to 17.7% year-over-year, per UBS.

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Who controls it

IntelAMD

$5.8B market · 202314.3% CAGRsource

Where it sits in the stack

Takes in: TSMC N3/N2 wafers; LPDDR5/DDR5 memory

Sends on: AI server trays, cloud instances, NVLink-C2C coupled GPU+CPU modules

depends onWafer fabrication - foundries and IDMs Server DRAM (DDR5 and LPDDR5)CXL memory and memory expanders

feeds intoAI server OEMs ODM and white-box AI server manufacturers

Related nodes

x86 server CPUs

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