ARM

Confidential computing in Armv9, called Arm CCA, builds on TrustZone secure enclave technology in mobile chips.

Its strategy now is to emphasize customizability and optimization for high-performance processor cores – convenient if you may be acquired by Nvidia.

“We want to support our thriving UK tech industry and welcome foreign investment, but it is appropriate that we properly consider the national security implications of a transaction like this.”

Tightly integrated with Nvidia GPUs, the company’s first CPU is meant for the near future when AI models reach trillions of parameters.

Growth of the cumulative computing power of Top500 systems is slowing down, pushing Moore’s Law closer to obsolescence.

What has to happen before its vision of an entirely new data center architecture comes to fruition?

Oracle said it will launch bare-metal and VM instances on its cloud early next year.