Cloud-native processor

The x86 family of instruction set architectures is the most widely used processor family in personal computers, workstations, and servers as of February 2022. The architecture was introduced by Intel in 1978 and later extended by AMD in 2003; the two companies remain the industry's top two vendors of x86 processors as of 2022.[5][6][7] These processors are found in 16-, 32-, and 64-bit versions and use simultaneous multithreading where each core has two threads.[7][8] These processors work well in enterprise environments where they are utilized by a single entity. In a cloud environment, where utilized by multiple users with different applications sharing the same core, they are not able to adjust to changing workloads, compromising performance.[8]

In comparison, cloud-native processors offer 80 and 128 cores and are single threaded, which allows for simultaneous connections in a cloud environment resulting in scalability.[9][10][11] The processors are also smaller with more efficient power usage and can run both enterprise and cloud native applications, making them more cost effective than other alternatives.[12] Cloud-native processors are a useful option for data centers, which are predicted to use 11 percent of the world's electricity by 2030.[13][14]