Beyond the Newsroom: Exploring Tech Innovations from Arm in November 2024

As we move into the era of advanced computing, Arm is leading the charge with groundbreaking tech innovations. November 2024 has been a month of significant strides in technology innovation, particularly in AI, machine learning (ML), Arm Neoverse-based Kubernetes clusters, and system-on-chip (SoC) architecture.   

The Arm Editorial Team has highlighted the cutting-edge tech innovations that happened at Arm in November 2024 – all of which are set to shape the next generation of intelligent, secure, and high-performing computing systems. 

Harnessing SystemReady to drive software interoperability on Arm-based hardware

Arm’s SystemReady program ensures interoperability and standardization across Arm-based devices. Dong Wei, Standards Architect and Fellow at Arm, talks about how the program benefits the industry by reducing software fragmentation, lowering development costs, and enabling faster deployment of applications on a wide range of Arm hardware. Meanwhile, Pere Garcia, Technical Director at Arm, discusses the certification benefits of SystemReady, including how it simplifies software deployment across different Arm devices, reduces fragmentation, and enhances the reliability of embedded systems.   

Building safe, secure, and versatile software with Rust on Arm

The Rust programming language enhances safety and security in software development for Arm-based systems by eliminating common programming errors at compile time. In the first blog of this three-part Arm Community series, Jonathan Pallant, Senior Engineer and Trainer at Ferrous Systems, explains why Rust’s unique blend of safety, performance, and productivity has gained attention from government security agencies and the White House.

This blend delivers a robust toolchain for mission-critical applications, reduces vulnerabilities, and improves overall software reliability. Part 2 and Part 3 from Jonathan Pallant provides more insights.  

Boosting efficiency with Arm Performance Libraries 24.10

Arm Performance Libraries 24.10 enhance math libraries for 64-bit Arm processors, boosting efficiency in numerical applications with improved matrix-matrix multiplication and Fast Fourier Transforms. Chris Goodyer, Director, Technology Management at Arm, highlights significant speed improvements, including a 100x increase in the Mersenne Twister random number generation. This offers faster, more accurate computations for engineering, scientific, and ML applications across Linux, macOS, and Windows.  

Enabling real-Time sentiment analysis on Arm Neoverse-based Kubernetes clusters

Real-time sentiment analysis on Arm Neoverse-based Kubernetes clusters enables businesses to efficiently process social media data for actionable insights. Na Li, ML Solutions Architect at Arm, demonstrates how AWS Graviton instances with tools like Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, and Kibana provide a scalable, cost-effective framework adaptable across cloud providers to enhance analytics performance and energy efficiency. 

Enhancing control flow integrity with PAC and BTI on AArch64

Enabling Pointer Authentication (PAC) and Branch Target Identification (BTI) on the AArch64 architecture strengthens control flow integrity and reduces gadget space, making software more resilient to attacks. In the first blog of this three-part Arm Community series, Bill Roberts, Principal Software Engineer at Arm, explores how these features enhance security, minimize vulnerabilities, and improve software reliability. Part 2 and Part 3 provide further insights around PAC and BTI. 

Harnessing Arm’s Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) in C#

.NET 9’s support for Arm Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) allows developers to write more efficient vectorization code. Alan Hayward, Staff Software Engineer, highlights how using SVE in C# improves performance and ease of use, enabling more optimized applications on Arm-based systems.  

Expanding Arm on Arm with the NVIDIA Grace CPU

The NVIDIA Grace CPU, built on Arm Neoverse V2 cores, enhances performance, reduces costs, and improves energy efficiency for high-performance computing (HPC) and data center workloads. Tim Thornton, Director Arm on Arm, discusses how the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip-based servers enable Arm to deploy high-performance Arm compute in their own data centers, providing access to the same Neoverse V2 cores used in AWS and Google Cloud.  

Accelerating ML development with Corstone-320 FVP: A guide for Arm Ethos-U85 and Cortex-M85

The benefits of the new Arm Corstone-320 Fixed Virtual Platform (FVP) include developing and testing ML applications without physical hardware. Zineb Labrut, Software Product Owner in Arm’s IoT Line of Business, highlights how this platform accelerates development, reduces costs, and mitigates risks associated with hardware dependencies, making it a valuable tool for developers in the embedded and IoT space.

Real-time Twitter/X sentiment analysis on the Arm Neoverse CPU: A KubeCon NA 2024 demo 

Pranay Bakre, a Principal Solutions Engineer at Arm, demonstrates the power of an Arm Neoverse-based CPU as it runs a real-time Twitter/X sentiment analysis program using a StanfordNLP model during KubeCon North America 2024. More information can also be found in this blog.

Learning all about the Fragment Prepass for Arm Immortalis and Mali GPUs

The latest Arm GPUs for consumer devices – the Immortalis-G925, Mali-G725 and Mali-G625 – all adopt a new feature called the Fragment Prepass. Tord Øygard, a Principal GPU Architect at Arm, provides more details about this Hidden Surface Removal technique in this Arm Community blog, which leads to improved performance and power efficiency when processing geomerty workloads for graphics and gaming.

Elsewhere with graphics and gaming at Arm, Ian Bolton, Staff Developer Relations Manager, summarized Arm’s involvement in the inaugural AI and Games Conference in this Arm Community blog.

Exploring .NET 9 and Arm’s SVE with Microsoft and VectorCamp’s simd.info

In the latest “Arm Innovation Coffee”, Kunal Pathak from Microsoft dives into .NET 9 and Arm’s SVE, while Konstantinos Margaritis and Georgios Mermigkis from VectorCamp showcase simd.info, a cutting-edge online reference tool for C intrinsics across major SIMD engines. 

Built on Arm partner stories: AI, automotive, cloud and Windows on Arm

Insyde Software CTO Tim Lewis highlights their groundbreaking AI BIOS product, which leverages AI to simplify firmware settings, and showcases their expertise in developing firmware for everything from laptops to servers. Lewis also explains how collaborating with Arm is driving innovation in power management and security. 

Tilo Schwarz, VP and Head of Autonomy at Nuro, discusses the innovative Nuro Driver, a state-of-the-art software and hardware solution powering autonomous driving technology, and explains how its partnership with Arm is shaping the future of modern transportation. 

Bruce Zhang, Computing Product Architect at Alibaba, discuss how Arm and Alibaba are accelerating AI workloads in the cloud and enabling robust applications that are transforming industries.

Francis Chow, VP and GM of the Edge Business at Red Hat, explains how Red Hat’s solutions, which run on Arm technologies, incorporate leading-edge performance, power efficiency and real-time data processing features as part of the industry-wide move to modern software-defined vehicles.

Aidan Fitzpatrick, CEO and Founder of Reincubate, a London-based software company, talks about the benefits of Windows on Arm to their flagship application Camo, which enables users to create high-quality video content. Main benefits include advanced AI-powered features and performance without sacrificing battery life.

Exploring the latest Trends in the automotive and connected vehicle space

As part of a panel at Reuters Event Automotive USA, Dipti Vachani, SVP and GM of the Automotive Line of Business at Arm, highlights the latest trends and challenges in the automotive and connected vehicle space.