Microsoft Moves windows Server OS to Qualcomm Centriq

Qualcomm Processor

Microsoft has moved its Windows Server OS to the Qualcomm Centriq – a 64-bit ARM-compatible server-grade system-on-chip.

In a move which will pile more pressure on Intel that already dominates the data center market, but is already afraid by AMD's naples server processor – Qualcomm and Microsoft will today show off Windows Server running on a 10nm Centriq 2400 system at the Open compute Project Summit in California.

The Windows Server build is, so far, for internal use solely at Redmond. The software giant and its pal Qualcomm declined to comment on any plans to form the operating system accessible to the general public. Microsoft and Qualy are getting pretty close recently: the two are working on Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 laptops and mobile devices, due out later this year.

Windows Server on Qualcomm

Putting Windows Server on ARM may be a big deal. back then back in 2011, Microsoft said it had no interest in moving the Windows Server OS on ARM servers. Since then, rumors have surfaced that Windows Server 2016 was being ported to ARM, however, this is certainly the first time the OS is being shown running on the hardware.

Like with PCs, current editions of Windows Server only run on systems with x86 chips from Intel and AMD. however, Microsoft has been warming up to ARM on laptops and nowadays servers. The company's Windows 10 IoT Core and Windows 10 Mobile already work on ARM chips.

Motherboard

Microsoft and Qualcomm worked for several years to bring Windows Server to Centriq 2400. The collaboration is expected to continue for future generations of server hardware and software, the companies did say.

The goal with Windows Server on ARM is to run next-generation Microsoft cloud services on servers with Qualcomm's Centriq 2400 chips, the companies did say during a statement.

Windows Server.

Intel, that dominates the server chip market with over a 90 % share, can for sure notice of this announcement. Microsoft's support for Qualcomm is a robust statement that the software company is prepared to think about another design for Windows Server.

Qualcomm has developed special Windows Server hardware based on its Centriq 2400 processor. The Centriq Open cipher Motherboard server has 48 central processing unit cores and fits into a 1U server chassis. it's multiple I/O and networking interfaces and supports the newest storage protocols.

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