The Arm A to Z in 2024: The Compute Platform for AI

2024 was the year of the Arm compute platform for AI, with significant announcements, products and initiatives that made this a reality. Here’s the Arm A to Z of what we achieved in the past year.

A is for Automotive Enhanced (AE), with a brand-new suite of technologies announced for the automotive market, including the first times we introduced Neoverse beyond server markets and Armv9 CPUs to the automotive market. This was alongside SOAFEE reaching 150 members from across the entire automotive supply chain.

B is for Bears, with Arm-based AI being used to identify bears as part of the BearID wildlife conservation project, which was discussed in two Arm Viewpoints podcast episodes here and here.

C is for Compute Subsystems (CSS), with Arm launching two new Neoverse CSS built on brand-new third-generation Neoverse IP and CSS for Client with verified implementations of new Arm CPUs and GPUs, while a new CSS for Automotive was announced for 2025.

D is for Developers, with over 20 million software developers worldwide building their applications on the Arm compute platform, developer engagement continued throughout 2025 via leading industry events, like GitHub Universe, Microsoft Build and Ignite, KubeCon NA, PyTorch Conference, and AWS re:Invent, Even the ever-growing Arm Developer Program hit 13,000 members in 2024.

E is for Edge AI, with the new Arm Ethos-U85 NPU offering support for transformer networks, which, when combined with Arm CPUs, accelerates edge AI for IoT applications that demand higher performance and localized real-time decision making.

F is for Frederique Olivier, a wildlife photographer and explorer who uses Arm-based tech to capture stunning visuals and footage. Her story was featured as part of the ‘Purpose on Arm’ collaboration with National Geographic.

G is for GitHub, with a combination of the new Arm extension for GitHub Copilot, GitHub Actions, native GitHub runners and AI frameworks all supported on Arm, which unlocks simplified AI workflows and deployments from cloud to edge for millions of developers worldwide.

H is for Heterogenous computing, with the Arm compute platform providing the flexibility for partners to use and integrate different computational engines, including accelerator technologies, in specialized silicon solutions for different AI use cases and demands.

I is for Influence, with Arm’s role as a global semiconductor ambassador facilitating vital discussions on security and AI at a G7 Semiconductor Experts Working Group hosted at Arm’s global HQ in Cambridge, UK.

J is for Jensen Huang who featured as the first guest on the new Tech Unheard podcast, which is hosted by Arm CEO Rene Haas. Expect more podcast episodes with tech industry leaders, with the second episode featuring Mike Gallagher, Head of Defense at Palantir Technologies, and a former Congressman and Marine.

K is for Kleidi, Arm’s new CPU acceleration software, which seamlessly integrates with leading frameworks to ensure AI workloads run best on the Arm CPU, with developers then able to access this accelerated performance. Kleidi has already been integrated into Meta’s ExecuTorch and PyTorch, Google’s MediaPipe and Tencent’s Hunyuan.

L is for Llama, with the Arm and Meta collaboration enabling the new Llama 3.2 Large Language Models (LLMs) on optimized Arm CPUs when running a range of AI inference workloads.   

M is for Mobile Generative AI, with a range of use cases, including virtual chatbots, group chat and voice note summarization and real-time assistant, possible on Arm-powered mobile devices, like the latest AI flagship smartphones, via the Arm CPU.

N is for the Nasdaq-100 Index, which represents a collection of the top 100 largest and most actively traded companies on the Nasdaq stock exchange, with Arm among the fastest companies to be included in the index post-IPO.

O is for One Hundred (100) billion Arm-powered devices from cloud to edge that will be AI-ready by the end of 2025, as announced by Rene Haas during his 2024 COMPUTEX keynote.

P is Power efficiency, with Arm’s mission to tackle the insatiable energy demands of AI in the datacenter through our power-efficient compute platform.

Q is for Quantum Computing, with Equal1 successfully testing its Arm-based quantum chip in cryogenic temperatures.

R is for the Role of Arm in enabling a thriving the emerging chiplet marketplace through ecosystem collaboration on standards and a common framework, and supporting partners to develop next-generation chiplet silicon solutions, like those from Alphawave Semi and Rebellions.

S is for SOX (the PHLX Semiconductor Index), which Arm was added to in September 2024 in recognition of our rapid growth as a company, with SOX representing 30 of the largest eligible semiconductor companies listed in the U.S. ranked by market capitalization.

T is for Total Design, with the number of Arm Total Design members doubling since the ecosystem was formed in 2023. This has led to powerful ecosystem collaborations that are accelerating the development and deployment of specialized silicon solutions, including chiplets, for the cloud and datacenter.

U is for Unlocking new possibilities in the cloud, with leading partners including AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft announcing a range of hardware and software innovations to support developers’ cloud workloads.

V is for Virtual Platforms, with a range of automotive partners launching their own Arm-based virtual prototyping solutions to accelerate silicon and software development.

W is for Windows on Arm (WoA) momentum, with the most widely used applications now Arm-native, which is bringing performance benefits to WoA users, such as those highlighted in the new Arm-native Google Chrome.

X is for Cortex-X, with the new Arm Cortex-X925 CPU setting the industry-standard for performance and efficiency.

Y is Young Sohn, the latest appointment to the Arm Board of Directors, with Charlotte Eaton also being appointed as the new Arm Chief People Officer.

Z is for Net Zero, with the 2024 Arm Sustainable Business Report providing comprehensive information about how Arm positively impacts the environment, our people and society as a whole.

We cannot wait to see what 2025 brings, with Arm continuing to be the prominent force that is driving all AI experiences.