For years, companies have tried to port the ARM architecture over to the data center world, but with with little success. Microsoft, owner of some of the biggest data center infrastructure in the world, is getting behind mobile chip giant Qualcomm's fledgling ARM server chip efforts. (Update: Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft also announced a partnership this morning with chipmaker Cavium for ARM-based data center chips.) Intel is facing pressure in the data center from other players: x86 rival AMD is soon launching its next-generation x86 server chip, Naples, the company's first competitive server chip in years. Intel's data center business "is beginning to crack," wrote Stacy Rasgon, an analyst at Bernstein Research, in a recent note.

Source: Forbes March 08, 2017 15:32 UTC