CNBC April 9, 2024
Key Points
– Google is trying to make cloud computing more affordable with a custom-built Arm-based server chip, following similar efforts at rivals Alibaba, Amazon and Microsoft.
– At its Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the company said the new processor will become available later in 2024.
– The company plans to run YouTube ad workloads on the Axion Arm chips once they’re available, and customers such as Snap are interested.
Google is trying to make cloud computing more affordable with a custom-built Arm-based server chip. At its Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the company said the new processor will become available later in 2024.
With the new Arm-based chip, Google is playing catch-up...