Nvidia Developing Custom ARM-based ‘Grace’ Datacentre Processors
Recently, Nvidia announced that it is working on a custom ARM-based datacentre processor that will directly challenge Intel. What will the Grace processors provide, why do ARM processors make ideal candidates for next-generation datacentres, and does this fuel controversy around the Nvidia/ARM deal?
Nvidia to Create ‘Grace’ Datacentre Processors
Recently, Nvidia announced that it is in the process of designing custom datacentre processors utilising ARM cores. The code name for the processor, Grace, was chosen after the computer programmer Grace Hoper, and the processor range is expected to be ready in 2023.
While there is little detail surround the exact technical specifications of the new processors, it is known that the ARM technology used will be ARM Neoverse which are high-performance cores aimed at the server market. The Neoverse includes devices with core counts as high as 128, built using 7nm technolo