Microsoft and ARM look to topple Intel in servers

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Intel's TV marketing campaign says the company is driving 98 percent of the cloud. That statistic will come under attack with some chip and OS announcements on Wednesday.

The most significant announcement: Microsoft's Windows Server OS is now running on ARM chips. The OS was exclusive to x86 chips, but now customers can consider ARM chips to run Windows Server.

Microsoft did not announce an official date for an ARM version of Windows Server, though the software company is using such systems internally. The announcement was made on the opening day of Open Compute Project's U.S. Summit in Santa Clara, Calif.

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