Google Unveils Axion, Its First Custom Arm Processor for Cloud, Claiming Performance Lead Over AWS and Azure

• Google announced Axion, its first custom Arm-based processor for data centers • Axion offers 30% better performance than other Arm chips from AWS and Azure, and 50% better than comparable X86 chips, according to Google • No details on availability, pricing, benchmarks, or technical specifics provided yet by Google • Axion builds on open Arm architecture so existing Arm workloads can run on Google Cloud • More details on Axion to be shared later this year