Here is also a interesting article from Japan regarding ARM
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Nvidia partnered with Arm and obtained an intellectual property license to develop the next-generation GPU system “Vera Rubin.” This system was productized as a superchip composed of the “Vera CPU” and the “Rubin GPU” (shown in the photo below).
In developing the Vera CPU, Nvidia licensed “Olympus” from Arm and, based on it, created its own proprietary 88-core CPU (the light-blue chip in the photo below). Rubin functions as the GPU, executing numerical computations at extremely high speed (the two gold-colored chips), while Vera functions as the CPU, handling tasks such as system control. Core software like Linux runs on Vera, which manages and controls the entire system.”
“Nvidia also offers the processor “Jetson Thor” for robots and autonomous driving (shown in the photo below), and here again the CPU portion adopts Arm’s architecture. Jetson Thor is a single-chip System-on-Chip (SoC) design, integrating the GPU “Nvidia Blackwell” and the CPU “Arm Neoverse-V3AE” on one chip. The CPU belongs to Arm’s “Neoverse” family—specifically the high-end “V-Series,” which is used for cloud and AI processors.
Nuro, a company developing autonomous driving technology, built autonomous delivery vehicles using Nvidia’s edge processor (shown in the photo below). It applies robotaxi technology to retail stores, operating them as “supermarkets on wheels.” These vehicles use “NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor” as the car’s brain. Arm is responsible for the CPU part of this processor, which runs system control and manages overall operation.
In robotaxis and humanoid robots, AI processors from Nvidia and Qualcomm are being adopted, and product development is advancing with a wide variety of products being released. While GPUs and NPUs—the “engines” of edge processors—attract most of the attention, Arm-based CPUs play a crucial role behind the scenes. GPUs and NPUs are positioned as numerical computation engines within AI systems, whereas CPUs run the base software and control the entire system, coordinating efficient computation. Many edge processors use the Arm architecture, which ensures software compatibility and enables systems to run across different semiconductor platforms. Arm is expanding its business from digital domains such as the cloud into physical domains such as robotics, quietly supporting the AI boom from behind the scenes.”
Armはプロセッサ開発会社でRISCベースのアーキテクチャを開発している。Armは主要プロセッサで採用され世界…
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