Long-time semiconductor industry followers may recall that Arm (ARMHF), the chip IP company that completely dominates the smartphone market, has talked about making an impact on the enterprise and cloud computing markets for a very long time. Several years back, in fact, they made bold predictions about taking 20-25% of the server market. Despite a number of efforts in that direction from Arm semiconductor partners, however, that level of impact never occurred.
The company didn't give up on its goals, though, and a few years ago, it unveiled a new brand, dubbed Neoverse, with a