The AmpereOne has 256 CPU cores.
The AmpereOne has 256 CPU cores.
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Ampere scales CPU to 256 cores and partners with Qualcomm on cloud AI

Server CPU designer Ampere Computing announced its AmpereOne chip family will grow to 256 cores by next year. And the company will also work with Qualcomm on cloud AI accerlators.

The new Ampere centralized processing unit (CPU) will provide 40% more performance than any CPU currently on the market, said chief product officer Jeff Wittich, in an interview with VentureBeat.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.