Nvidia and AMD reportedly working on Arm processors for Windows PCs

Microsoft has been working on Windows for Arm for years at this point but for the most part, the PC industry still relies on x86 processors. Apple began to change this with the launch of Apple Silicon, its own specialised processors for Macs using Arm technology. Now, it looks like Nvidia and AMD might be preparing Arm processors of their own for Windows PCs.

Nvidia has had a well-documented interest in Arm, especially in recent years. The chip maker had attempted to acquire Arm in recent years but the deal was squashed by regulators. Still, projects like the Nvidia Grace CPU still exist, as does Nvidia Tegra, another Arm processor aimed at the mobile market, powering older Android devices and more recently, the Nintendo Switch. According to Reuters, Nvidia has now begun designing Arm-based CPUs to power PCs, a project that might be running alongside Microsoft's Windows on Arm efforts.

The report also claims that both Nvidia and AMD could be ready with Arm-based PC processors by as early as 2025, indicating that AMD is getting involved in this as well.

Qualcomm will be making new announcements later today in a keynote, so expect some new chip news in a few hours time. Apparently, executives from Microsoft, Nvidia and AMD will be in attendance too.

KitGuru Says: We'll have to wait and see where this goes but there does seem to be a push towards Arm-based processors brewing. 

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