From small sensors to the largest data centers, the whole world is adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and AI is being realized based on Arm architecture in various fields such as education, employment, manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation.

Arm announced its next-generation Arm Neoverse technology on the 22nd. At a press conference, Arm unveiled Neoverse CSS N3, a new N-series IP, and V3 for the performance-focused V-series product line, announcing the expansion of the Neoverse Computing Subsystem (CSS) roadmap.

Neoverse CSS N3 has a 20% improvement in performance per watt compared to Neoverse CSS N2. It was reported that the new Neoverse CSS V3 is based on the completely new Neoverse V3 IP and that performance per socket has improved by a whopping 50% compared to the previous Neoverse CSS product.

As the activation of AI infrastructure accelerates, general-purpose CPUs alone are no longer sufficient to meet market performance demands. Consequently, tech giants such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Nvidia are redesigning and optimizing their entire stacks—from silicon to software and systems—to improve workload performance and efficiency, ultimately meeting Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) requirements.

Hwang Sun-wook, President of Arm Korea, stated, “In 2023, we witnessed firsthand the acceleration of the transition to generative AI, and in 2024, AI is expected to deploy and drive large-scale innovation in employment, education, production, healthcare, and transportation,” adding, “Arm is providing the best support for the realization of AI technology by offering essential technologies and ecosystems.”

As the trend of various companies, including big tech firms, CSPs, and automakers, building customized chips becomes prominent, Arm's solutions are also coming into the spotlight in response.

Arm boasted that the Neoverse CSS is a game-changing product and an integrated, proven platform that brings together key technologies constituting the core of the SoC.

In addition, Arm has collaborated with industry ecosystem partners to design Neoverse CSS to maximize TCO for critical workloads and support key new technologies such as chiplets.

Neoverse CSS is being adopted across various industries, ranging from hyperscalers to startups, cloud computing, networking, data center infrastructure, and even applications such as AI. Microsoft's Cobalt is one of the products shipped based on Neoverse CSS.

In addition, Arm introduced Arm Total Design to provide rapid, customized solutions to partners based on its ecosystem. Arm Total Design is an ecosystem of partners providing customized SoCs based on the Neoverse CSS. Over the past few months, Arm Total Design has attracted partners across the technology landscape who invest alongside Arm.

Arm Total Design's partner network has expanded to over 20. All provide assurances of efficient performance and broad accessibility to solutions to meet future computing demands accelerated by AI.

These partner companies are already using Neoverse CSS for various tasks, ranging from IP verification and firmware customization to deploying chiplets on state-of-the-art process nodes.

In particular, Arm is leveraging feedback from the Arm Total Design ecosystem to refine its recently announced Chiplet System Architecture (CSA). The CSA is set to define the landscape of a robust and interchangeable chiplet ecosystem.

"We intend to contribute to the advancement of semiconductors by supporting chiplets across the entire ecosystem," said Jung Sung-hoon, Managing Director of Arm Korea. "If based on Arm Neoverse CSS with CSA applied, manufacturing computer chiplets will be easier, and we believe that AI accelerator chiplets and CPU computer chiplets can be mutually integrated and combined," he said, expressing confidence that CSA will serve as the foundation for defining an interchangeable chiplet ecosystem.