Arm this evening lifted the lid on Lumex, their new compute subsystem platform that is purpose-built around AI for next-gen PCs and smartphones.

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The Arm Lumex platform combines their latest AArch64 CPUs complete with Scalable Matrix Extensions 2 (SME2), the latest GPU IP, and other system IP along with an optimized software stack for a very comprehensive AI-focused platform.

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The Arm Lumexp latform features SME2-enabled Armv9.3 CPUs such as the C1 Ultra and C1 Pro, a new C1 Premium lower-tier offering, the new Mali G1-Ultra GPU, the DynamIQ Shared Unit DSU, and deep software integration.

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The Arm C1 Ultra CPU aims for +25% single-threaded performance and double-digit IPC gains YoY while below that are the C1 Premium, C1 Pro, and C1 Nano.

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A big focus on the media presentation in advance was the guarantee that Arm Lumex will have Scalable Matrix Extensions 2 support widespread. About time seeing more SME hardware in the while and in turn will also help with increased software adoption. Just as AVX-512 and even AMX have proven very useful in the x86_64 ecosystem for AI workloads.

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Those are the main Arm Lumex highlights for now. It will be much more interesting once having new Arm hardware in the lab for Linux testing and benchmarking.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=arm_lumex_1_lrg

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=arm_lumex_2_lrg

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=arm_lumex_3_lrg

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=arm_lumex_4_lrg

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=arm_lumex_5_lrg

[6] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=arm_lumex_6_lrg

[7] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=arm_lumex_7_lrg

[8] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=arm_lumex_8_lrg