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In 2016 AMD will release its first custom 64-bit ARMv8 CPU core, codenamed K12. Jim Keller is leading the team that is designing the K12, as well as a corresponding new 64-bit x86 design.
……We now know that AMD intends to compete where it has done well historically—in desktops, servers, and laptops, as well as embedded systems and mobile devices—by fielding CPUs compatible with the two major instruction set architectures: ARM and x86.
In 2016 AMD will release its first custom 64-bit ARMv8 CPU core, codenamed K12. Jim Keller is leading the team that is designing the K12, as well as a corresponding new 64-bit x86 design.
……We now know that AMD intends to compete where it has done well historically—in desktops, servers, and laptops, as well as embedded systems and mobile devices—by fielding CPUs compatible with the two major instruction set architectures: ARM and x86.