Armv9 is Arm's first major architectural update in a decade

Arm, the leader in chips used in everything from mobile devices to supercomputers, has unveiled Armv9, the company's first major architectural change in a decade. The new designs should result in 30% faster performance over the next two chip generations. Arm is a chip architecture company that licenses its designs to others, and its customers have shipped more than 100 billion chips in the past five years. Nvidia is in the midst of acquiring Cambridge, United Kingdom-based Arm for $40 billion, but the deal is waiting on regulatory approvals. In a press briefing, Arm CEO Simon Segars said Armv9 will be the base for the next 300 billion Arm-based chips.