SUSE to distribute 64 bit ARM architecture software

Multiple LINUX software distributors are now supporting 64-bit ARMv8-A architecture based servers. The latest to announce is SUSE. While Intel Xeon chips dominate the server space, ARM 64 adding up its share in the high-end computing market. There is a whole eco of semiconductor vendors such as Applied Micro, Cavium, Qualcomm, and AMD, Linux software distributors such as SUSE, Ubuntu and Red Hat showing interest in full-fledged support. The popular Linux software distributor SUSE has announced the support for ARM AArch64 architecture based enterprise servers. It has unveiled the first SUSE Linux commercial enterprise server optimized for ARM AArch64 architectures. In 2015, SUSE has collaborated with partners to bring SUSE Enterprise Storage to devices powered by 64-bit ARM processor. “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for ARM will give customers more choice, flexibility and opportunities to cost effectively upgrade their business processes,” said Ralf Flaxa, SUSE president of Engineering. “It does that by giving our hardware and software partners an established, rock-solid open source foundation on which to build efficient ARM-based infrastructure solutions. And they will be able to do it faster than ever before.” The highlights of ARM AArch 64 ecosystem based servers from SUSE includes: SUSE is offering tools to quickly compile, package and deploy Linux solutions for AR...