Top 7 Innovations From Arm in February 2025

The technology landscape is continuously evolving. Staying ahead requires embracing innovations that streamline development, enhance performance, and bolster security. The Arm Editorial Team has curated a selection of groundbreaking advancements designed to empower both technical and business leaders.

From AI-driven development tools to cutting-edge solutions in mobile gaming and automotive cybersecurity, these developments are set to redefine industry standards and drive future success.

Simplifying development with Arm GitHub Copilot Extension

GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered code completion tool that assists developers by providing code suggestions and automating repetitive tasks. Arm64 runners are native Arm-based environments for continuous integration and deployment, enabling developers to build and test applications on Arm architecture.

Michael Gamble, Senior Partner Marketing Manager, talks about the new Arm extension for GitHub Copilot, which uses AI to assist developers in migrating applications to the Arm architecture more efficiently. This tool offers architecture-specific code suggestions and integrates seamlessly with Arm’s performance optimization tools, simplifying the development process on Arm64 platforms and enabling more innovations.

Meanwhile, Avin Zarlez, Staff Software Engineer and Developer Evanglist, explains how the Arm GitHub Copilot Extension supercharges software development workflow with AI-powered code suggestions, all directly within the developer’s integrated developer environment (IDE).

Enhancing computer vision with Arm KleidiCV integration

Computer Vision (CV) involves enabling machines to interpret and process visual information from the world, with applications ranging from image recognition to augmented reality. OpenCV is a widely used open source library that provides tools for CV tasks, boasting over 300,000 daily downloads of its Python package.

Mark Hovarth, Staff Software Engineer, talks about KleidiCV’s multithreading support, significantly boosting image processing performance by efficiently utilizing multiple CPU cores. Moreover, KleidiCV is now enabled by default in OpenCV 4.11 on Android, allowing developers to seamlessly benefit from these performance enhancements in their applications.

Advancing automotive cybersecurity with ISO/SAE 21434 certification

The ISO/SAE 21434 standard specifies engineering requirements for cybersecurity risk management throughout the lifecycle of automotive electrical and electronic systems. As vehicles become increasingly connected and autonomous, ensuring robust cybersecurity is paramount.

Lucas Bressan, Automotive Security Manager, discusses how Arm has obtained ISO/SAE 21434 certification, a testament to our ongoing efforts in helping ensure end-to-end automotive cybersecurity. The Neoverse V3AE CPU is the first Arm IP to be assessed against this standard, providing partners with comprehensive security documentation to facilitate the development of secure automotive products.

Elevating mobile gaming experiences with Arm at GDC 2025

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is a premier event where professionals from the gaming industry converge to share knowledge and showcase innovations.

Gemma Platt, Head of Developer Marketing, discusses the various talks, sessions and demos at Arm’s GDC Developer Summit, which includes involvement from leading gaming partners like Epic Games, Godot, MediaTek and Tencent. One particular highlight includes talks and demos showcasing Arm Accuracy Super Resolution (ASR), an open source technology solution designed to enhance game engine performance through super-resolution techniques.

Redefining data centers with Arm CMN S3 and CXL Storage Innovations

Compute Express Link (CXL) is an open standard interconnect designed to enable high-speed communication between CPUs and devices like accelerators and memory expanders, which in turn enhances datacenter performance and resource efficiency.

John Xavier Lionel, Product Manager, explains how Arm’s Coherent Mesh Network (CMN) S3 interconnect is engineered to support CXL, enabling coherent communication and memory sharing between compute and storage components. This innovation addresses the growing demands of data-centric applications in modern datacenters, providing scalable and efficient solutions for next-generation storage architectures.

Using Graph Neural Networks for efficient physics simulations

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are a class of machine learning (ML) models adept at capturing dependencies in graph-structured data, making them suitable for simulating complex physical systems.

Máté Stodulka, Arm Architecture Engineer and Tomas Zilhao Borges, Arm Graduate Software Engineer explore the use of GNNs to perform efficient physics simulations on mobile hardware, aiming to deliver realistic simulations of complex materials like fluids and cloth. This approach leverages ML techniques optimized for mobile platforms, potentially transforming the realism and interactivity of mobile applications and games.

Android Graphics Profiling with WebGPU & Dawn

In this comprehensive tutorial, Gabriel Peterson, Developer Evangelist, guides people through the process of building and profiling a WebGPU application on Android. This step-by-step guide is ideal for developers looking to use WebGPU in Android applications and gain insights into performance optimization using professional-grade tools.