Chip designer ARM focuses on servers for 'open source' stack

Chip designer ARM says it expects its server chips to be deployed on servers that run open source software stacks.

ARM has been a vocal and active supporter of open source software for many years and has taken a major role in a number of Linaro working groups in recent years. According to the firm open source software stacks will run on most of its upcoming server chips, with the firm citing market demand.

ARM director of Server Systems and Ecosystems Lakshmi Mandyam told The INQUIRER that open source software is making headway in the ultra-conservative enterprise market...

ARM's long-term investment in fostering open source development looks set to pay off as Linux vendors such as Red Hat and Canonical work to get operating systems ready for next year...