AppliedMicro Showcases World’s First 64-bit ARM v8 Core

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC), or AppliedMicro, today demonstrated core functionality of the world’s first 64-bit ARM processor on an FPGA platform during ARM TechCon 2011. This milestone comes on the same day as ARM Holdings’ announcement of its 64-bit ARMv8 instruction set architecture, and parallels AppliedMicro’s launch of the industry’s first 64-bit ARM “Server-on-a-Chip” solution in a single footprint, designed to deliver disruptively low power and cost points.