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{{short description|American fabless semiconductor company}}
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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Ampere Computing LLC
| name = Ampere Computing LLC
| logo = Ampere Computing Logo.png
| logo = Ampere Computing LLC Logo.svg
| trading_name = AMPERE
| trading_name = AMPERE
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| traded_as =
| traded_as =
| industry = [[Semiconductors]]
| industry = [[Semiconductors]]
| foundation = 2017
| foundation = {{start date and age|2017}}
| founder = [[Renée James]]
| founder = [[Renée James]]
| hq_location_city = [[Santa Clara, California]]
| hq_location_city = [[Santa Clara, California]]
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| area_served = Worldwide
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list
|[[Renée James]], {{small|(Chairman and CEO)}}
|[[Renée James]], {{small|(Chairman and CEO)}}
|Todd Underwood {{small|(CFO)}}
|Todd Underwood {{small|(CFO)}}
|Atiq Bajwa {{small|(Chief Architect)}}
|Atiq Bajwa {{small|(Chief Architect)}}
}}
}}
| products = [[Integrated circuit]]s<br>[[Microprocessors]]<br>[[Cloud-native processor]]
| products = [[Integrated circuit]]s<br/>[[Microprocessors]]<br/>Cloud-native processor
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| num_employees_year = 2021
| num_employees_year = 2021
| homepage = {{URL|https://amperecomputing.com/}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://amperecomputing.com/}}
|footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/business/former-intel-president-reins-arm-chip-startup|title=Former Intel President at Reins in ARM Chip Startup|date=2018-02-05|website=Data Center Knowledge|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>
| footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/business/former-intel-president-reins-arm-chip-startup|title=Former Intel President at Reins in ARM Chip Startup|date=2018-02-05|website=Data Center Knowledge|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>
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'''Ampere Computing LLC''' is an American fabless [[Semiconductor industry|semiconductor company]] based in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara]], [[California]] that develops processes for servers operating in large scale environments. Ampere also has offices in: [[Portland, Oregon]]; [[Taipei|Taipei, Taiwan]];<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Ampere Computing headquarters and office locations |url=https://craft.co/ampere-computing/locations |website=Craft}}</ref> [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]; [[Bangalore|Bangalore, India]];<ref name=":4" /> [[Warsaw|Warsaw, Poland]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warsaw |url=https://amperecomputing.com/locations/warsaw |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=amperecomputing.com |language=en}}</ref> and [[Ho Chi Minh City|Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amperecomputing.com/contact/|title=Contact – Ampere Computing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>


'''Ampere Computing LLC''' is an American [[Fabless manufacturing|fabless]] [[semiconductor industry|semiconductor company]] based in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara]], [[California]] that develops processors for servers operating in large scale environments. It was founded in 2017 by [[Renée James]].
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== History ==
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Ampere Computing was founded in the Fall of 2017 by [[Renée James]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burt |first=Jeffrey |date=2022-03-02 |title=Designing Chips With The Cloud And Edge In Mind |url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/03/01/designing-chips-with-the-cloud-and-edge-in-mind/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The Next Platform |language=en-US}}</ref> Ex-President of Intel with funding from [[The Carlyle Group]]. James acquired a team from [[MACOM Technology Solutions]] (formerly [[AppliedMicro]]) in addition to several industry hires to start the company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Peter |date=2018-02-05 |title=Former Intel exec leads high-performance processor startup |url=https://www.eenewsanalog.com/en/former-intel-exec-leads-high-performance-processor-startup/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=EENewsEurope |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/technology/renee-james-intel-ampere-startup.html |title=She Was No. 2 at Intel. Now She's Taking Aim at the Chip Maker. |date=2018-02-05 |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Clark |first=Don |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109033236/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/technology/renee-james-intel-ampere-startup.html |archive-date=2020-11-09 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2022/04/semiconductor-startup-files-confidentially-for-ipo.html |title=Former Intel president Renee James' semiconductor startup company files for an IPO |date=2022-04-12 |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |last=Spencer |first=Malia}}</ref><ref name=anandtech>{{cite web |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/14212/ampere-computing-arm-is-an-investor |title=Ampere Computing: Arm is Now an Investor |date=2019-04-15 |work=[[AnandTech]] |last=Cutress |first=Ian}}</ref> Ampere Computing is an [[ARM architecture family|ARM architecture]] licensee and develops its own server microprocessors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21238841/electronic-design-arm-serverchip-startup-ampere-computing-preps-for-ipo |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.electronicdesign.com}}</ref> Ampere fabricates its products at TSMC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Intel president Renee James' semiconductor startup company files for an IPO |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2022/04/semiconductor-startup-files-confidentially-for-ipo.html |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>


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Ampere has offices in: [[Portland, Oregon]]; [[Taipei|Taipei, Taiwan]];<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Ampere Computing headquarters and office locations |url=https://craft.co/ampere-computing/locations |website=Craft}}</ref> [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]; [[Bangalore|Bangalore, India]];<ref name=":4" /> [[Warsaw|Warsaw, Poland]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warsaw |url=https://amperecomputing.com/locations/warsaw |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=amperecomputing.com |language=en}}</ref> and [[Ho Chi Minh City|Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amperecomputing.com/contact/|title=Contact – Ampere Computing|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>
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In April 2019, Ampere announced its second major investment round, including investment from [[Arm Holdings]] and [[Oracle Corporation]].<ref name="anandtech" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/27/oracle-disclosed-40-million-investment-in-ampere-run-by-renee-james.html|title=Oracle discloses $40 million stake in Ampere, a chip start-up founded by former Intel president Renee James|last=Levy|first=Ari|date=2019-09-27|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> In June 2019, [[Nvidia]] announced a partnership with Ampere to bring support for [[CUDA|Compute Unified Device Architecture]] (CUDA).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/15871/amperes-product-list-80-cores-up-to-33-ghz-at-250-w-128-core-in-q4 |title=80-Core N1 Next-Gen Ampere, 'QuickSilver': The Anti-Graviton2 |date=2019-12-23 |work=[[AnandTech]] |last=Cutress |first=Ian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-brings-cuda-to-arm-enabling-new-path-to-exascale-supercomputing|title=NVIDIA Brings CUDA to Arm, Enabling New Path to Exascale Supercomputing|last=Newsroom|first=NVIDIA|website=NVIDIA Newsroom Newsroom|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> In November 2019, Nvidia announced a reference design platform for [[Graphics processing unit|graphics processing unit (GPU)]]-accelerated ARM-based servers including Ampere.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eetimes.com/nvidia-delivers-on-promise-to-support-arm/ |title=Nvidia Delivers on Promise to Support Arm |date=2019-11-18 |work=[[EE Times]] |last=Santo |first=Brian}}</ref>


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==History==
In the first half of 2020, Ampere announced Ampere Altra an 80-core and Ampere Altra Max a 128-core processor without the use of hyper-threading.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Ampere's 128-Core Processor Challenges Intel and AMD in a Cloud-Based Processor Showdown - News|url=https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/ampere-altra-max-128-core-processor-challenges-intel-and-amd-in-a-cloud-based-processor-showdown/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.allaboutcircuits.com|language=en}}</ref>
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Ampere Computing was founded in the Fall of 2017 by Renée James,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burt |first=Jeffrey |date=2022-03-02 |title=Designing Chips With The Cloud And Edge In Mind |url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/03/01/designing-chips-with-the-cloud-and-edge-in-mind/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The Next Platform |language=en-US}}</ref> ex-President of Intel, with funding from [[The Carlyle Group]]. James acquired a team from [[MACOM Technology Solutions]] (formerly [[AppliedMicro]]) in addition to several industry hires to start the company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Peter |date=2018-02-05 |title=Former Intel exec leads high-performance processor startup |url=https://www.eenewsanalog.com/en/former-intel-exec-leads-high-performance-processor-startup/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=EENewsEurope |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/technology/renee-james-intel-ampere-startup.html |title=She Was No. 2 at Intel. Now She's Taking Aim at the Chip Maker. |date=2018-02-05 |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Clark |first=Don |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109033236/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/technology/renee-james-intel-ampere-startup.html |archive-date=2020-11-09 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2022/04/semiconductor-startup-files-confidentially-for-ipo.html |title=Former Intel president Renee James' semiconductor startup company files for an IPO |date=2022-04-12 |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |last=Spencer |first=Malia}}</ref><ref name=anandtech>{{cite web |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/14212/ampere-computing-arm-is-an-investor |title=Ampere Computing: Arm is Now an Investor |date=2019-04-15 |work=[[AnandTech]] |last=Cutress |first=Ian}}</ref> Ampere Computing is an [[ARM architecture family|ARM architecture]] licensee and develops its own server microprocessors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21238841/electronic-design-arm-serverchip-startup-ampere-computing-preps-for-ipo |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.electronicdesign.com}}</ref> Ampere fabricates its products at [[TSMC]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Intel president Renee James' semiconductor startup company files for an IPO |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2022/04/semiconductor-startup-files-confidentially-for-ipo.html |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>


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In April 2019, Ampere announced its second major investment round, including investment from [[Arm Holdings]] and [[Oracle Corporation]].<ref name="anandtech"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/27/oracle-disclosed-40-million-investment-in-ampere-run-by-renee-james.html|title=Oracle discloses $40 million stake in Ampere, a chip start-up founded by former Intel president Renee James|last=Levy|first=Ari|date=2019-09-27|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> In June 2019, [[Nvidia]] announced a partnership with Ampere to bring support for [[CUDA|Compute Unified Device Architecture]] (CUDA).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/15871/amperes-product-list-80-cores-up-to-33-ghz-at-250-w-128-core-in-q4 |title=80-Core N1 Next-Gen Ampere, 'QuickSilver': The Anti-Graviton2 |date=2019-12-23 |work=[[AnandTech]] |last=Cutress |first=Ian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-brings-cuda-to-arm-enabling-new-path-to-exascale-supercomputing|title=NVIDIA Brings CUDA to Arm, Enabling New Path to Exascale Supercomputing|last=Newsroom|first=NVIDIA|website=NVIDIA Newsroom Newsroom|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> In November 2019, Nvidia announced a reference design platform for [[Graphics processing unit|graphics processing unit (GPU)]]-accelerated ARM-based servers including Ampere.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eetimes.com/nvidia-delivers-on-promise-to-support-arm/ |title=Nvidia Delivers on Promise to Support Arm |date=2019-11-18 |work=[[EE Times]] |last=Santo |first=Brian}}</ref>
In March 2020, the company announced a partnership with [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Tobias |title=Ampere Targets Intel, AMD With Cloud-First Chips, Oracle Partnership |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/ampere-targets-intel-amd-with-cloud-first-chips-oracle-partnership/2020/03/ |website=sdxcentral}}</ref> In September of that year, Oracle said it would launch bare-metal and [[virtual machine]] instances in early 2021 based on Ampere Altra.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-30|title=Ampere's Arm Data Center Chips Come to Oracle Cloud|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hardware/ampere-s-arm-data-center-chips-come-oracle-cloud|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Data Center Knowledge|language=en}}</ref>


In November 2020, Ampere was named one of the top 10 hottest semiconductor startups by ''[[CRN (magazine)|CRN]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Dylan|date=2020-11-23|title=The 10 Hottest Semiconductor Startups Of 2020|url=https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/components-peripherals/the-10-hottest-semiconductor-startups-of-2020/2|access-date=2021-01-12|website=CRN}}</ref>
In the first half of 2020, Ampere announced Ampere Altra an 80-core and Ampere Altra Max a 128-core processor without the use of simultaneous multithreading.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Ampere's 128-Core Processor Challenges Intel and AMD in a Cloud-Based Processor Showdown - News|url=https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/ampere-altra-max-128-core-processor-challenges-intel-and-amd-in-a-cloud-based-processor-showdown/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.allaboutcircuits.com|language=en}}</ref>


In May 2021, the company announced a partnership with [[Microsoft]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trueman |first=Charlotte |date=2022-04-05 |title=Microsoft launches Azure VMs powered by new Ampere Altra Arm-based chips |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/3655956/microsoft-launches-azure-vms-powered-by-new-ampere-altra-arm-based-chips.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=Network World |language=en}}</ref> In July of that year, Ampere acquired OnSpecta, an AI technology startup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=AIT News |date=2021-07-29 |title=Ampere To Acquire OnSpecta To Accelerate AI Inference On Cloud-Native |url=https://aithority.com/technology/ampere-to-acquire-onspecta-to-accelerate-ai-inference-on-cloud-native-applications/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=AiThority |language=en-US}}</ref> After the acquisition, the companies were able to demonstrate four times faster acceleration on Ampere-based instances running AI-inference workloads.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
In March 2020, the company announced a partnership with Oracle.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Tobias |title=Ampere Targets Intel, AMD With Cloud-First Chips, Oracle Partnership |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/ampere-targets-intel-amd-with-cloud-first-chips-oracle-partnership/2020/03/ |website=sdxcentral}}</ref> In September of that year, Oracle said it would launch bare-metal and [[virtual machine]] instances in early 2021 based on Ampere Altra.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-30|title=Ampere's Arm Data Center Chips Come to Oracle Cloud|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hardware/ampere-s-arm-data-center-chips-come-oracle-cloud|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Data Center Knowledge|language=en}}</ref>

In November 2020, Ampere was named&nbsp;one of the top 10 hottest semiconductor startups by ''[[CRN (magazine)|CRN]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Dylan|date=2020-11-23|title=The 10 Hottest Semiconductor Startups Of 2020|url=https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/internet-of-things/the-10-hottest-ai-chip-startups-of-2020-so-far |access-date=2024-12-07|website=CRN}}</ref>

In May 2021, the company announced a partnership with [[Microsoft]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trueman |first=Charlotte |date=2022-04-05 |title=Microsoft launches Azure VMs powered by new Ampere Altra Arm-based chips |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/3655956/microsoft-launches-azure-vms-powered-by-new-ampere-altra-arm-based-chips.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=Network World |language=en}}</ref> In July of that year, Ampere acquired OnSpecta, an AI technology startup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=AIT News |date=2021-07-29 |title=Ampere To Acquire OnSpecta To Accelerate AI Inference On Cloud-Native |url=https://aithority.com/technology/ampere-to-acquire-onspecta-to-accelerate-ai-inference-on-cloud-native-applications/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=AiThority |language=en-US}}</ref> After the acquisition, the companies were able to demonstrate four times faster acceleration on Ampere-based instances running AI-inference workloads.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}


In April 2022, Ampere said that it had filed a confidential prospectus with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]], signaling its intent to go [[initial public offering|public]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/chipmaker-ampere-confidentially-files-us-ipo-2022-04-11/ |title=Chipmaker Ampere confidentially files for U.S. IPO |date=2022-04-11 |work=[[Reuters]] |first=Niket |last=Nishant}}</ref>
In April 2022, Ampere said that it had filed a confidential prospectus with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]], signaling its intent to go [[initial public offering|public]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/chipmaker-ampere-confidentially-files-us-ipo-2022-04-11/ |title=Chipmaker Ampere confidentially files for U.S. IPO |date=2022-04-11 |work=[[Reuters]] |first=Niket |last=Nishant}}</ref>
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In July 2022, Google announced T2A instances using Ampere Altra in the Google cloud and in August 2022 Microsoft announced their instances of Ampere running in Azure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=Why Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud love Ampere Computing's server chips |url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/silicon/ampere-computing-ipo-microsoft-azure-google-cloud |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Tech Monitor |language=en-US}}</ref>
In July 2022, Google announced T2A instances using Ampere Altra in the Google cloud and in August 2022 Microsoft announced their instances of Ampere running in Azure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=Why Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud love Ampere Computing's server chips |url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/silicon/ampere-computing-ipo-microsoft-azure-google-cloud |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Tech Monitor |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Products ==
==Products==
Ampere develops cloud native ARM-based [[Computer processor|computer processors]] and CPU cores under their Altra brands.<ref name=":3" /> These are used in databases, media encoding, web services, network acceleration, mobile gaming, AI inference processing, and other applications and programs that need to scale.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-15 |title=Microsoft Finally Brings ARM-Based VMs to Azure |url=https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-finally-brings-arm-based-vms-to-azure/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=The New Stack |language=en-US}}</ref> They contain more cores than x86 alternatives, and received better benchmarks in testing than the Arm-based [[AWS Graviton|Amazon Graviton 2]].<ref name=":10" />{{not in source|date=July 2023}}
Ampere develops ARM-based [[computer processor]]s and CPU cores under their Altra brands.<ref name=":3"/> These are used in databases, media encoding, web services, network acceleration, mobile gaming, AI inference processing, and other applications and programs that need to scale.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-15 |title=Microsoft Finally Brings ARM-Based VMs to Azure |url=https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-finally-brings-arm-based-vms-to-azure/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=The New Stack |language=en-US}}</ref>


On February 5, 2018, Ampere announced the eMAG 8180 featuring 32x Skylark cores fabricated on [[TSMC]]’s 16FF+ process. It supports a turbo of up to 3.3&nbsp;GHz with a TDP of 125&nbsp;W, 8ch 64-bit [[DDR4 SDRAM|DDR4]], up to 1 TB [[DDR4 SDRAM|DDR4]] per socket, and 42x [[PCI Express#PCI Express 3.0|PCIe 3.0]] Lanes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/776/x-gene-3-gets-a-second-chance-at-ampere-with-a-new-32-core-16nm-arm-processor/|title=X-Gene 3 gets a second chance at Ampere with a new 32-core 16&nbsp;nm ARM processor|date=2018-02-05|website=WikiChip Fuse|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> The Skylark cores were based on [[AppliedMicro|AppliedMicro's]] [[X-Gene (microarchitecture)|X-Gene 3]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/14141/ampere-emag-in-the-cloud-32-arm-core-instance-for-1hr|title=Ampere eMAG in the Cloud: 32 Arm Core Instance for $1/hr|last=Cutress|first=Ian|website=www.anandtech.com|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> Packet offers servers with the eMAG 8180 and 128&nbsp;GB DRAM, 480&nbsp;GB SSD, and 2x 10&nbsp;Gbit/s networking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.packet.com/cloud/servers/c2-large-arm|title=Living he Arm Server Dream |website=www.packet.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305115215/https://www.packet.com/cloud/servers/c2-large-arm/ | archive-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> On September 19, 2018, Ampere announced the availability of a version featuring 16x Skylark cores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/1663/ampere-ships-first-gen-arm-server-processors/|title=Ampere Ships First Gen ARM Server Processors|date=2018-09-19|website=WikiChip Fuse|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>
On February 5, 2018, Ampere announced the eMAG 8180 featuring 32x Skylark cores fabricated on TSMC's 16FF+ process. It supports a turbo of up to 3.3&nbsp;GHz with a TDP of 125&nbsp;W, 8ch 64-bit [[DDR4 SDRAM|DDR4]], up to 1 TB [[DDR4 SDRAM|DDR4]] per socket, and 42x [[PCI Express#PCI Express 3.0|PCIe 3.0]] Lanes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/776/x-gene-3-gets-a-second-chance-at-ampere-with-a-new-32-core-16nm-arm-processor/|title=X-Gene 3 gets a second chance at Ampere with a new 32-core 16&nbsp;nm ARM processor|date=2018-02-05|website=WikiChip Fuse|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> The Skylark cores were based on [[AppliedMicro|AppliedMicro's]] [[X-Gene (microarchitecture)|X-Gene 3]].<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/14141/ampere-emag-in-the-cloud-32-arm-core-instance-for-1hr|title=Ampere eMAG in the Cloud: 32 Arm Core Instance for $1/hr|last=Cutress|first=Ian|website=www.anandtech.com|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> Packet offers servers with the eMAG 8180 and 128&nbsp;GB DRAM, 480&nbsp;GB SSD, and 2x 10&nbsp;Gbit/s networking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.packet.com/cloud/servers/c2-large-arm|title=Living he Arm Server Dream |website=www.packet.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305115215/https://www.packet.com/cloud/servers/c2-large-arm/ | archive-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> On September 19, 2018, Ampere announced the availability of a version featuring 16x Skylark cores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/1663/ampere-ships-first-gen-arm-server-processors/|title=Ampere Ships First Gen ARM Server Processors|date=2018-09-19|website=WikiChip Fuse|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>


=== 2020 ===
===2020===
On March 3, 2020, Ampere announced the Ampere Altra featuring 80 cores fabricated on TSMC's N7 process for hyperscale computing.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Ampere Altra Is First ARM-based 64-bit Server Processor, Packs 80 Cores, Challenging Intel Xeon And AMD EPYC - Appuals.com |url=https://appuals.com/ampere-altra-first-arm-64-bit/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.servethehome.com/ampere-altra-80-arm-cores-for-cloud/|title=Ampere Altra Launched with 80 Arm Cores for the Cloud|last=Kennedy|first=Patrick|date=2020-03-03|website=ServeTheHome|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/15575/amperes-altra-80-core-n1-soc-for-hyperscalers-against-rome-and-xeon|title=Next Generation Arm Server: Ampere's Altra 80-core N1 SoC for Hyperscalers against Rome and Xeon|last=Cutress|first=Dr Ian|website=www.anandtech.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> It was the first server-grade processor to include 80 cores and the Q80-30 conserves power by running at 161 W in use.<ref name=":6" /> The cores are semi-custom [[Arm Neoverse N1|Arm Neoverse N1 cores]] with Ampere modifications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hardware/ampere-gears-launch-7nm-80-core-arm-chip-cloud-data-centers|title=Ampere Gears Up to Launch 7&nbsp;nm, 80-Core Arm Chip for Cloud Data Centers|date=2019-11-22|website=Data Center Knowledge|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> It supports a frequency of up to 3.3&nbsp;GHz with TDP of 250&nbsp;W, 8ch 72-bit [[DDR4 SDRAM|DDR4]], up to 4&nbsp;TB [[DDR4 SDRAM|DDR4-3200]] per socket, 128x [[PCI Express#PCI Express 4.0|PCIe 4.0]] Lanes, 1&nbsp;MB [[L2-Cache|L2]] per core and 32&nbsp;MB SLC.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
On March 3, 2020, Ampere announced the Ampere Altra featuring 80 cores fabricated on TSMC's N7 process for hyperscale computing.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Ampere Altra Is First ARM-based 64-bit Server Processor, Packs 80 Cores, Challenging Intel Xeon And AMD EPYC - Appuals.com |url=https://appuals.com/ampere-altra-first-arm-64-bit/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.servethehome.com/ampere-altra-80-arm-cores-for-cloud/|title=Ampere Altra Launched with 80 Arm Cores for the Cloud|last=Kennedy|first=Patrick|date=2020-03-03|website=ServeTheHome|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/15575/amperes-altra-80-core-n1-soc-for-hyperscalers-against-rome-and-xeon|title=Next Generation Arm Server: Ampere's Altra 80-core N1 SoC for Hyperscalers against Rome and Xeon|last=Cutress|first=Dr Ian|website=www.anandtech.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> It was the first server-grade processor to include 80 cores and the Q80-30 conserves power by running at 161 W in use.<ref name=":6"/> The cores are semi-custom [[Arm Neoverse N1|Arm Neoverse N1 cores]] with Ampere modifications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hardware/ampere-gears-launch-7nm-80-core-arm-chip-cloud-data-centers|title=Ampere Gears Up to Launch 7&nbsp;nm, 80-Core Arm Chip for Cloud Data Centers|date=2019-11-22|website=Data Center Knowledge|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> It supports a frequency of up to 3.3&nbsp;GHz with TDP of 250&nbsp;W, 8ch 72-bit DDR4, up to 4&nbsp;TB DDR4-3200 per socket, 128x [[PCI Express#PCI Express 4.0|PCIe 4.0]] Lanes, 1&nbsp;MB [[L2-Cache|L2]] per core and 32&nbsp;MB SLC.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":2"/>


Ampere also announced their roadmap with Ampere Altra Max (2021) in development and AmpereOne (2022) defined.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ampere Altra Max 128-core server processor available as company lays out 5&nbsp;nm roadmap |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/ampere-altra-max-128-core-server-processor-available-as-company-lays-out-5-nm-roadmap/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=ZDNet |language=en}}</ref>
Ampere also announced their roadmap with Ampere Altra Max (2021) in development and AmpereOne (2022) defined.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ampere Altra Max 128-core server processor available as company lays out 5&nbsp;nm roadmap |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/ampere-altra-max-128-core-server-processor-available-as-company-lays-out-5-nm-roadmap/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=ZDNet |language=en}}</ref>


=== 2021 ===
===2021===
The 128-core Altra Max was released in 2021 and targeted hyperscale cloud providers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comment |first=Sebastian Moss |title=Ampere unveils 128 core Altra Max Arm chip |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ampere-unveils-128-core-altra-max-arm-chip/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.datacenterdynamics.com |language=en}}</ref> It uses the same server socket and platforms as Ampere Altra, and both products have one thread per core.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Timothy Prickett |date=2020-06-24 |title=Ampere Reveals "Quicksilver" Altra Lineup, 128-Core "Mystique" Kicker |url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/06/24/ampere-reveals-quicksilver-altra-lineup-128-core-mystique-kicker/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Next Platform |language=en-US}}</ref> The Altra Max CPUs provide 128 Arm v8.2+ cores per chip and run up to 3.0 GHz. They also support eight channels of DDR4-3200 memory and 128 lanes of PCIe Gen4.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Francisco Pires |date=2022-02-16 |title=Ampere, Rigetti to Accelerate Hybrid Quantum Computing in HPC Environments |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ampere-rigetti-to-accelerate-hybrid-quantum-computing-in-hpc-environments |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en}}</ref>
The 128-core Altra Max was released in 2021 and targeted hyperscale cloud providers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comment |first=Sebastian Moss |title=Ampere unveils 128 core Altra Max Arm chip |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ampere-unveils-128-core-altra-max-arm-chip/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.datacenterdynamics.com |language=en}}</ref> It uses the same server socket and platforms as Ampere Altra, and both products have one thread per core.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Timothy Prickett |date=2020-06-24 |title=Ampere Reveals "Quicksilver" Altra Lineup, 128-Core "Mystique" Kicker |url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/06/24/ampere-reveals-quicksilver-altra-lineup-128-core-mystique-kicker/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Next Platform |language=en-US}}</ref> The Altra Max CPUs provide 128 Arm v8.2+ cores per chip and run up to 3.0&nbsp;GHz. They also support eight channels of DDR4-3200 memory and 128 lanes of PCIe Gen4.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Francisco Pires |date=2022-02-16 |title=Ampere, Rigetti to Accelerate Hybrid Quantum Computing in HPC Environments |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ampere-rigetti-to-accelerate-hybrid-quantum-computing-in-hpc-environments |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en}}</ref>


Also in 2021, Oracle launched its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using Ampere Altra processors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-03 |title=Oracle Cloud Claims Arm Video Performance Advantage Over x86 Chips |url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/oracle/oracle-cloud-claims-arm-video-performance-advantage-over-x86-chips |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Data Center Knowledge {{!}} News and analysis for the data center industry |language=en}}</ref>
Also in 2021, Oracle launched its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using Ampere Altra processors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-03 |title=Oracle Cloud Claims Arm Video Performance Advantage Over x86 Chips |url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/oracle/oracle-cloud-claims-arm-video-performance-advantage-over-x86-chips |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Data Center Knowledge - News and analysis for the data center industry |language=en}}</ref>


=== 2022 ===
===2022===
In February 2022, Ampere and Rigetti Computing announced a strategic partnership to create hybrid quantum-classical computers.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Cutress |first=Dr Ian |title=Ampere Goes Quantum: Get Your Qubits in the Cloud |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/17255/ampere-goes-quantum-cloudbased-solutions-with-rigetti |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=www.anandtech.com}}</ref> The companies will combine Ampere’s Altra Max CPUs with Rigetti’s Quantum Processing Units (QPU) in cloud-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.<ref name=":7" />
In February 2022, Ampere and Rigetti Computing announced a strategic partnership to create hybrid quantum-classical computers.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Cutress |first=Dr Ian |title=Ampere Goes Quantum: Get Your Qubits in the Cloud |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/17255/ampere-goes-quantum-cloudbased-solutions-with-rigetti |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=www.anandtech.com}}</ref> The companies will combine Ampere's Altra Max CPUs with Rigetti's Quantum Processing Units (QPU) in cloud-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.<ref name=":7"/>


In April, Microsoft previewed its Azure Virtual Machines running on the Ampere Altra.<ref name=":10" /> The VMs run scale-out workloads, web servers, application servers, open source databases, cloud native .NET applications, Java applications, gaming servers, media servers, and other processes.<ref name=":10" />
In April, Microsoft previewed its Azure Virtual Machines running on the Ampere Altra.<ref name=":10"/> The VMs run scale-out workloads, web servers, application servers, open source databases, cloud native .NET applications, Java applications, gaming servers, media servers, and other processes.<ref name=":10"/>


In May, Ampere announced the sampling of AmpereOne CPUs, 5 nanometer chips based on its in-house Ampere-developed core.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Timothy Prickett |date=2022-05-27 |title=Ampere Roadmap Has Four Future Arm Server Chips |url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/05/27/ampere-roadmap-has-four-future-arm-server-chips/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=The Next Platform |language=en-US}}</ref> AmpereOne will add support for DDR5 main memory and PCIe Gen5 peripherals.<ref name=":12" />
In May, Ampere announced the sampling of AmpereOne CPUs, 5 nanometer chips based on its in-house Ampere-developed core.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Timothy Prickett |date=2022-05-27 |title=Ampere Roadmap Has Four Future Arm Server Chips |url=https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/05/27/ampere-roadmap-has-four-future-arm-server-chips/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=The Next Platform |language=en-US}}</ref> AmpereOne will add support for DDR5 main memory and PCIe Gen5 peripherals.<ref name=":12"/>


On June 28, 2022, HPE became first tier-one server provider to offer compute with optimized cloud-native silicon for service providers and enterprises embracing cloud-native development with new line of HPE ProLiant RL Gen11 servers, using Ampere® Altra® and Ampere® Altra® Max processors, delivering high performance and power efficiency.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
On June 28, 2022, HPE became first tier-one server provider to offer compute with optimized cloud-native silicon for service providers and enterprises embracing cloud-native development with new line of HPE ProLiant RL Gen11 servers, using Ampere® Altra® and Ampere® Altra® Max processors, delivering high performance and power efficiency.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}


=== 2023 ===
===2023===
During April 2023, Ampere released the ''Altra developers kit,'' a IoT Prototype Kit based on Ampere Altra, aimed at cloud developers, available in 32-core, 64-core, and 80-core formats.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Craig Hale |date=2023-04-10 |title=Ampere's new workstation could bring in a whole new dawn for developers |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/amperes-new-workstation-could-bring-in-a-whole-new-dawn-for-developers |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}</ref>
During April 2023, Ampere released the ''Altra developer's kit,'' an IoT Prototype Kit based on Ampere Altra, aimed at cloud developers, available in 32-core, 64-core, and 80-core formats.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Craig Hale |date=2023-04-10 |title=Ampere's new workstation could bring in a whole new dawn for developers |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/amperes-new-workstation-could-bring-in-a-whole-new-dawn-for-developers |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}</ref>


=== 2024 ===
In September 2023, it was announced that [[Virtual machine|virtual machines]] powered by Ampere's CPUs would be made available on Google's cloud service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Dan |title=Google first with compute instances powered by AmpereOne |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/30/google_cloud_ampereone/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref>
In May 2024, Ampere updated its AmpereOne roadmap to 256 cores <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ampere updates roadmap, heads to 256 cores |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2126839/ampere-updates-roadmap-heads-to-256-cores.html |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Network World |language=en}}</ref> and announced a joint effort with Qualcomm on CPUs and accelerators.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Ampere to integrate its CPUs with Qualcomm's cloud-based AI chips for running large models |url=https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/16/ampere-integrate-cpus-qualcomms-cloud-based-ai-chips-running-large-models/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=SiliconANGLE |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Customers ==
==Customers==
Ampere’s customers include [[Microsoft Azure]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/now-in-preview-azure-virtual-machines-with-ampere-altra-armbased-processors/|title=Now in preview: Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors|date=2022-04-04|language=en|access-date=2022-05-04}}</ref> Tencent Cloud, [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Ampere A1 Compute |url=https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/arm/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |language=en}}</ref> ByteDance, HPE,<ref name=":9" /> Cloudflare, Equinix, Kingsoft Cloud, Meituan, Scaleway, UCloud, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Gigabyte, Inspur, GM’s Cruise,<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Dylan |date=2022-06-01 |title=Is Ampere Computing's Cloud Native Marketing Fluff? – Siryn Ampere One 5nm Architecture, Cost Analysis, and IPO Analysis |url=https://semianalysis.com/is-ampere-computings-cloud-native-marketing-fluff-siyrn-ampere-one-5nm-architecture-cost-analysis-and-ipo-analysis/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=SemiAnalysis |language=en-US}}</ref> Hetzner, Project Ronin,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Dylan |title=Ampere: Cloud biz buy-ins prove our Arm processors are ready |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/04/ampere_arm_cloud/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> Wiwynn and [[Google Cloud Platform]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/tau-t2a-is-first-compute-engine-vm-on-an-arm-chip|title=Expanding the Tau VM family with Arm-based processors|date=2022-07-13|language=en|access-date=2022-07-13}}</ref>
Ampere's customers include [[Microsoft Azure]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/now-in-preview-azure-virtual-machines-with-ampere-altra-armbased-processors/|title=Now in preview: Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors|date=2022-04-04|language=en|access-date=2022-05-04}}</ref> [[Tencent Cloud]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Ampere A1 Compute |url=https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/arm/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |language=en}}</ref> [[ByteDance]], [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] (HPE),<ref name=":9"/> [[Cloudflare]], [[Equinix]], [[Kingsoft Cloud]], [[Meituan]], [[Scaleway]], [[UCloud]], [[Foxconn Industrial Internet]], [[Gigabyte]], [[Inspur]], [[Cruise (autonomous vehicle)|Cruise]],<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Dylan |date=2022-06-01 |title=Is Ampere Computing's Cloud Native Marketing Fluff? – Siryn Ampere One 5nm Architecture, Cost Analysis, and IPO Analysis |url=https://semianalysis.com/is-ampere-computings-cloud-native-marketing-fluff-siyrn-ampere-one-5nm-architecture-cost-analysis-and-ipo-analysis/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=SemiAnalysis |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Hetzner]], [[Project Ronin]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Dylan |title=Ampere: Cloud biz buy-ins prove our Arm processors are ready |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/04/ampere_arm_cloud/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Wiwynn]] and [[Google Cloud Platform]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/tau-t2a-is-first-compute-engine-vm-on-an-arm-chip|title=Expanding the Tau VM family with Arm-based processors|date=2022-07-13|language=en|access-date=2022-07-13}}</ref>


Cruise uses an Ampere Altra variant for its autonomous driving unit. The CPU was selected because of its throughput and low power consumption.<ref name=":11" />
Cruise uses an Ampere Altra variant for its autonomous driving unit. The CPU was selected because of its throughput and low power consumption.<ref name=":11"/>


In 2021, Oracle, Microsoft, Tencent, and ByteDance committed to using Ampere’s customized chips, first announced in May. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Nellis |first=Stephen |date=2021-05-19 |title=Ampere announces custom computing cores as it courts cloud customers |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/ampere-announces-custom-computing-cores-it-courts-cloud-customers-2021-05-19/ |access-date=2022-08-18}}</ref> In April 2022, Microsoft previewed Ampere Altra processors in its new Azure D-and E- series virtual machines.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Dylan |title=Microsoft offers Azure VMs with Ampere Altra Arm processors |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/05/microsoft_ampere_azure_vm/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> The Dpsv5 series is built for Linux enterprise application types, and the Epsv5 series is for memory-intensive Linux workloads.<ref name=":5" /> They provide up to 64 vCPUs, include VM sizes with 2GiB, 4GiB, and 8GiB per vCPU memory configurations, up to 40 Gbps networking, and high-performance local SSD storage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft brings Arm support to Azure virtual machines |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-brings-arm-support-to-azure-virtual-machines/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, Oracle, Microsoft, Tencent, and ByteDance committed to using Ampere's customized chips, first announced in May.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nellis |first=Stephen |date=2021-05-19 |title=Ampere announces custom computing cores as it courts cloud customers |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/ampere-announces-custom-computing-cores-it-courts-cloud-customers-2021-05-19/ |access-date=2022-08-18}}</ref> In April 2022, Microsoft previewed Ampere Altra processors in its new Azure D-and E- series virtual machines.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Dylan |title=Microsoft offers Azure VMs with Ampere Altra Arm processors |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/05/microsoft_ampere_azure_vm/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> The Dpsv5 series is built for Linux enterprise application types, and the Epsv5 series is for memory-intensive Linux workloads.<ref name=":5"/> They provide up to 64 vCPUs, include VM sizes with 2GiB, 4GiB, and 8GiB per vCPU memory configurations, up to 40 Gbit/s networking, and high-performance local SSD storage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft brings Arm support to Azure virtual machines |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-brings-arm-support-to-azure-virtual-machines/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}</ref>


In 2022, Microsoft’s Ampere Altra-based Azure servers became the first cloud solution provider server to be Arm [[ARM architecture family#Arm SystemReady|SystemReady]] SR certified.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Tobias |title=Arm, Microsoft say arch can be trusted with real server work |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/arm_datacenter_certification/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> The Azure VMs, powered by Altra processors, were also the first to be SystemReady Virtual Environment standard certified. SystemReady defines a set of firmware and hardware standards as a baseline for system development for software developers, original equipment vendors, and chipmakers.<ref name=":8" />
In 2022, Microsoft's Ampere Altra-based Azure servers became the first cloud solution provider server to be Arm [[ARM architecture family#Arm SystemReady|SystemReady]] SR certified.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Tobias |title=Arm, Microsoft say arch can be trusted with real server work |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/17/arm_datacenter_certification/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref> The Azure VMs, powered by Altra processors, were also the first to be SystemReady Virtual Environment standard certified. SystemReady defines a set of firmware and hardware standards as a baseline for system development for software developers, original equipment vendors, and chipmakers.<ref name=":8"/>


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Ampere Computing LLC
AMPERE
Company typePrivate
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
FounderRenée James
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Renée James, (Chairman and CEO)
  • Todd Underwood (CFO)
  • Atiq Bajwa (Chief Architect)
ProductsIntegrated circuits
Microprocessors
Cloud-native processor
Number of employees
1100 (2021)
Websiteamperecomputing.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Ampere Computing LLC is an American fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California that develops processors for servers operating in large scale environments. It was founded in 2017 by Renée James.

Ampere has offices in: Portland, Oregon; Taipei, Taiwan;[2] Raleigh, North Carolina; Bangalore, India;[2] Warsaw, Poland;[3] and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[4]

History

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Ampere Computing was founded in the Fall of 2017 by Renée James,[5] ex-President of Intel, with funding from The Carlyle Group. James acquired a team from MACOM Technology Solutions (formerly AppliedMicro) in addition to several industry hires to start the company.[6][7][8][9] Ampere Computing is an ARM architecture licensee and develops its own server microprocessors.[10] Ampere fabricates its products at TSMC.[11]

In April 2019, Ampere announced its second major investment round, including investment from Arm Holdings and Oracle Corporation.[9][12] In June 2019, Nvidia announced a partnership with Ampere to bring support for Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA).[13][14] In November 2019, Nvidia announced a reference design platform for graphics processing unit (GPU)-accelerated ARM-based servers including Ampere.[15]

In the first half of 2020, Ampere announced Ampere Altra an 80-core and Ampere Altra Max a 128-core processor without the use of simultaneous multithreading.[16]

In March 2020, the company announced a partnership with Oracle.[17] In September of that year, Oracle said it would launch bare-metal and virtual machine instances in early 2021 based on Ampere Altra.[18]

In November 2020, Ampere was named one of the top 10 hottest semiconductor startups by CRN.[19]

In May 2021, the company announced a partnership with Microsoft.[20] In July of that year, Ampere acquired OnSpecta, an AI technology startup.[21] After the acquisition, the companies were able to demonstrate four times faster acceleration on Ampere-based instances running AI-inference workloads.[citation needed]

In April 2022, Ampere said that it had filed a confidential prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling its intent to go public.[22]

In June 2022, HPE announced their Gen11 ProLiant system would use Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max Cloud Native Processors.[23]

In July 2022, Google announced T2A instances using Ampere Altra in the Google cloud and in August 2022 Microsoft announced their instances of Ampere running in Azure.[24]

Products

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Ampere develops ARM-based computer processors and CPU cores under their Altra brands.[16] These are used in databases, media encoding, web services, network acceleration, mobile gaming, AI inference processing, and other applications and programs that need to scale.[25]

On February 5, 2018, Ampere announced the eMAG 8180 featuring 32x Skylark cores fabricated on TSMC's 16FF+ process. It supports a turbo of up to 3.3 GHz with a TDP of 125 W, 8ch 64-bit DDR4, up to 1 TB DDR4 per socket, and 42x PCIe 3.0 Lanes.[26] The Skylark cores were based on AppliedMicro's X-Gene 3.[26][27] Packet offers servers with the eMAG 8180 and 128 GB DRAM, 480 GB SSD, and 2x 10 Gbit/s networking.[28] On September 19, 2018, Ampere announced the availability of a version featuring 16x Skylark cores.[29]

2020

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On March 3, 2020, Ampere announced the Ampere Altra featuring 80 cores fabricated on TSMC's N7 process for hyperscale computing.[30][31][32] It was the first server-grade processor to include 80 cores and the Q80-30 conserves power by running at 161 W in use.[30] The cores are semi-custom Arm Neoverse N1 cores with Ampere modifications.[33] It supports a frequency of up to 3.3 GHz with TDP of 250 W, 8ch 72-bit DDR4, up to 4 TB DDR4-3200 per socket, 128x PCIe 4.0 Lanes, 1 MB L2 per core and 32 MB SLC.[31][32]

Ampere also announced their roadmap with Ampere Altra Max (2021) in development and AmpereOne (2022) defined.[34]

2021

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The 128-core Altra Max was released in 2021 and targeted hyperscale cloud providers.[35] It uses the same server socket and platforms as Ampere Altra, and both products have one thread per core.[36] The Altra Max CPUs provide 128 Arm v8.2+ cores per chip and run up to 3.0 GHz. They also support eight channels of DDR4-3200 memory and 128 lanes of PCIe Gen4.[37]

Also in 2021, Oracle launched its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using Ampere Altra processors.[38]

2022

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In February 2022, Ampere and Rigetti Computing announced a strategic partnership to create hybrid quantum-classical computers.[39] The companies will combine Ampere's Altra Max CPUs with Rigetti's Quantum Processing Units (QPU) in cloud-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.[39]

In April, Microsoft previewed its Azure Virtual Machines running on the Ampere Altra.[25] The VMs run scale-out workloads, web servers, application servers, open source databases, cloud native .NET applications, Java applications, gaming servers, media servers, and other processes.[25]

In May, Ampere announced the sampling of AmpereOne CPUs, 5 nanometer chips based on its in-house Ampere-developed core.[40] AmpereOne will add support for DDR5 main memory and PCIe Gen5 peripherals.[40]

On June 28, 2022, HPE became first tier-one server provider to offer compute with optimized cloud-native silicon for service providers and enterprises embracing cloud-native development with new line of HPE ProLiant RL Gen11 servers, using Ampere® Altra® and Ampere® Altra® Max processors, delivering high performance and power efficiency.[citation needed]

2023

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During April 2023, Ampere released the Altra developer's kit, an IoT Prototype Kit based on Ampere Altra, aimed at cloud developers, available in 32-core, 64-core, and 80-core formats.[41]

2024

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In May 2024, Ampere updated its AmpereOne roadmap to 256 cores [42] and announced a joint effort with Qualcomm on CPUs and accelerators.[43]

Customers

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Ampere's customers include Microsoft Azure,[44] Tencent Cloud, Oracle,[45] ByteDance, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE),[23] Cloudflare, Equinix, Kingsoft Cloud, Meituan, Scaleway, UCloud, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Gigabyte, Inspur, Cruise,[46] Hetzner, Project Ronin,[47] Wiwynn and Google Cloud Platform[48]

Cruise uses an Ampere Altra variant for its autonomous driving unit. The CPU was selected because of its throughput and low power consumption.[46]

In 2021, Oracle, Microsoft, Tencent, and ByteDance committed to using Ampere's customized chips, first announced in May.[49] In April 2022, Microsoft previewed Ampere Altra processors in its new Azure D-and E- series virtual machines.[50] The Dpsv5 series is built for Linux enterprise application types, and the Epsv5 series is for memory-intensive Linux workloads.[50] They provide up to 64 vCPUs, include VM sizes with 2GiB, 4GiB, and 8GiB per vCPU memory configurations, up to 40 Gbit/s networking, and high-performance local SSD storage.[51]

In 2022, Microsoft's Ampere Altra-based Azure servers became the first cloud solution provider server to be Arm SystemReady SR certified.[52] The Azure VMs, powered by Altra processors, were also the first to be SystemReady Virtual Environment standard certified. SystemReady defines a set of firmware and hardware standards as a baseline for system development for software developers, original equipment vendors, and chipmakers.[52]

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