Today, Arm64 architecture is the foundation for much of the world’s compute, from the smallest embedded and IOT devices, to mobile phones, to powerful cloud-native servers such as AmpereOne® systems with 192 cores per socket. The Arm software ecosystem has evolved to a mature state with optimized packages widely available. However, the industry faces new challenges driven by technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Confidential Compute, and the growing power and performance demands of hyperscale data centers.

An open, collaborative forum for the Arm Ecosystem can help accelerate innovation to address these challenges. Through open-source development and shared software tools and standards, the community can advance Arm systems at scale across industry demands from cloud to edge.

To provide this community structure and governance, Linaro and Arm announced today the launch of CoreCollective. Ampere Computing is proud to be a founding member. CoreCollective is a vendor-neutral, open collective where the Arm community can come together to discuss and tackle technical challenges collaboratively.

Solving for the "Build Once, Deploy Anywhere" Reality
At Ampere Computing, our focus is on performance and efficiency at a scale. But even the best hardware needs optimized software stacks to realize its full potential.

Bringing hardware and software vendors together in an inclusive, vendor-neutral environment like CoreCollective enables the community to tackle shared challenges and deploy adoptable solutions more effectively. This ensures a developer-centric future with a stronger ecosystem.

Our leadership at Ampere Computing is fully committed to this vision. As Mauri Whalen, Senior Vice President, Ampere Computing, puts it:

"The Arm ecosystem is critical to Ampere's mission of performance, efficiency, and open innovation at scale. Being part of CoreCollective embodies our commitment to collaboration, advancing developer experience, driving innovation, and strengthening the base for Linux users".

Working Groups- the Backbone of CoreCollective
Working Groups (WG) are the primary mechanism with CoreCollective for members to collaborate around shared goals. These groups serve as neutral discussion forums where two or more members can discuss technical areas and decide on a course of action.

Each WG progresses through a lifecycle from investigation, to incubation, to active development. While active, the WG will coordinate with open-source projects, and establish standards for interoperability across the Arm software stack.

All WGs are managed by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). While these groups serve primarily as discussion forums, they also have the option to fund specific activities by creating Initiatives. These initiatives are funded by sponsorships from member companies.

WGs are open to participation by any member company or individual member of CoreCollective.

Join Us
The best part about CoreCollective is that everyone is invited to join, from the largest hardware vendors to individuals focused on improving the developer experience. Whether you’re joining as an individual contributor or as part of a vendor organization, CoreCollective gives you the opportunity to help shape the standards, tools, and practices that will define the future of software on Arm64. We encourage you to explore membership and get involved. Learn more and sign up at https://corecollective.dev/.

To see how Ampere Computing is enhancing the Arm64 developer experience, visit our Developer Center and register to join our community.