ARM

Reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture licensed by Arm Holdings.

Reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture licensed by Arm Holdings.

Dominates mobile, embedded, and increasingly server workloads due to power efficiency.

Unlike x86, ARM licenses its instruction set to third parties — SoC vendors like Apple, Qualcomm, and Samsung design their own cores around it.

Profile families

Three main profile families target different compute tiers: Cortex-A (Application) ⟶ MPU

Cortex-R (Real-time) ⟶ industrial, safety-critical

Cortex-M (Microcontroller) ⟶ MCU

NVIDIA designs blueprints around ARM ⟶ fabricated by TSMC ⟶ tiny black square.