ARM Holdings plc Gets Some Traction In Server Market

Arm Holdings plc

might be finally gaining some traction in its search for a slice of the server computer market long dominated by Intel Corp.

. Arm chip designs currently lead in mobile computing, but its efforts since at least 2011 to break into server computers appeared to fall flat. Its fortunes may be shifting however, as Hewlett-Packard last month became the first major vendor to offer an ARM server as part of its Project Moonshot, http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/expectations-lower-hp-launches-another-moonshot/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 Meanwhile, both privately held Dell Computer and most recently Microsoft Inc.

are reportedly studying similar moves. http://www.benzinga.com/news/14/10/4954711/microsoft-considering-a-move-to-arm-chips Chief Executive Simon Segars recently told PC World that although Arm doesn't expect to overthrow Intel, it still wants to move into what he thinks will become a $20 billion market by 2019. “We thought it would take until about now for it to become a reality,” Segars told the magazine. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2690492/after-a-long-road-to-the-server-market-arm-ceo-segars-looks-ahead.html Arm server chips were first launched in 2011 but Samsung and Nvidia pulled out as prospective customers amid product delays. Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg said Monday that Microsoft is working on a test version of Windows Server running on ARM-based servers. Microsoft is undecided on a commercial launch for the product, the report said.