Advanced Micro Devices is trying to make an impression with its first ARM processor.
And it may succeed. The AMD Opteron A1100 series -- targeted at servers -- can integrate 8 processor cores and will be one of the first ARM chips to be 64-bit.
AMD is tapping the Cortex-A57 processor design, the "highest performing processor," according to ARM.
Sample shipments of the silicon will begin this quarter along with a development platform, AMD said Tuesday.
The chip supplier is highlighting the 64-bit aspect of the processor.
"AMD is collaborating with industry leaders to enable a...64-bit software ecosystem for ARM-based designs from compilers and simulators to hypervisors, operating systems and application software," AMD said in a statement.
This also marks a break from its traditional x86 (Intel-compatible)-only strategy, on which the company was built.