Microsoft launches Azure vm’s with Ampere Altra ARM chips
Azure virtual machines based on Arm's Ampere Altra architecture are now generally available.
Microsoft previewed the virtual machines (VMs) throughout the past months. Companies can now use the Arm-based Azure VMs to run large workloads at lower cost. These include highly extensible, cloud-based... Read more
Ampere to buy OnSpecta for AI inference workloads acceleration
Chipmaker Ampere announced on Wednesday that it plans to acquire OnSpecta, a startup that makes software used to accelerate AI inference workloads at the edge and in the cloud. The terms of the deal have not been made public.
OnSpecta was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Redwood City, Cal... Read more
VMware adds support for Ampere Altra-chips
VMware has added support for Ampere Altra to its ESXi hypervisor. This makes ESXi more usable for SmartNICs, edge devices and Arm servers, for example.
The update in question is version 1.3 of the Arm version of the EXSi hypervisor and has been released as a preview under the so-called Fling pro... Read more