IBM computer giant has concluded with ARM Holdings an agreement to license a wide range of processor cores ARM Cortex. IBM plans to offer microprocessors based on these cores to its customers, including manufacturers of wired and wireless networking and cellular backhaul.
It is known that the license agreement included processors ARM Cortex-A15, Cortex-A12, Cortex-A7 and Cortex-M4, as well as the GPU ARM Mali-450. Using the ARM architecture enables IBM to expand the offering of hardware.
Last week, IBM released data showing that the hardware unit is losing ground. In the third quarter, revenue declined units by 17%, due to the loss of units in the first three quarters of the year amounted to 713 million dollars. For comparison - the first three quarters of last year's hardware division has brought a profit of 253 million dollars.