Google is moving thousands of internal workloads from x86 to Arm CPUs

Google has embarked on a hugely ambitious project to migrate all its internal workloads from x86 to Arm-based CPUs, a process that involves one of the largest hardware transitions ever attempted by a global tech company.

The effort aims to allow its systems to run efficiently on both x86 processors and its custom-built Axion silicon.

With roughly 30,000 applications already converted, Google continues to rely heavily on automation to handle the massive codebase involved in the process.

Porting workloads at warehouse scale

In a blog post outlining the project, Google’s engineering fellow Parthasarathy Ranganathan ...