8.3 A 3GHz ARM Neoverse N1 CPU in 7nm FinFET for Infrastructure Applications

The Neoverse family of Arm processors target a combination of high performance and compute density, enabling scalable computing platforms to power the internet infrastructure, from IoT gateways to datacentre servers. The first-generation CPU in the series (the N1) is an Arm Architecture v8.2 compliant CPU and a microarchitecture optimized for infrastructure applications [5]. Compared to the previous-generation core (Cortex-A72) [1], the N1 CPU provides 60% higher performance at the same frequency, and a 30% power efficiency gain in the same process technology (Fig. 8.3.1).