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Cobalt 200: Azure's next cloud-native CPU Hub

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https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfrastructureblog/announcing-cobalt-200-azure%E2%80%99s-next-cloud-native-cpu/4469807
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  • Microsoft announces Azure Cobalt 200, the next-generation Arm-based CPU for cloud-native workloads.
  • Cobalt 200 offers up to 50% performance improvement over Cobalt 100 and integrates with Microsoft's latest security, networking, and storage technologies.
  • Cobalt 100 has been widely adopted, with customers like Databricks and Snowflake leveraging its performance and efficiency benefits.
  • Microsoft Teams achieved up to 45% better performance with Cobalt 100, reducing compute core usage by 35%.
  • Cobalt 200 is designed using extensive benchmarks derived from real Azure workloads, evaluating over 350,000 configurations.
  • The Cobalt 200 SoC features 132 cores, 3MB L2 cache per core, and 192MB L3 cache, built on TSMC's 3nm process for power efficiency.
  • Security enhancements include default memory encryption and Arm’s Confidential Compute Architecture (CCA).
  • Custom accelerators for compression, decompression, and encryption improve efficiency for common cloud workloads.
  • Azure Boost and Integrated HSM are integrated into Cobalt 200 for enhanced networking, storage performance, and cryptographic security.
  • Cobalt 200 servers are being deployed globally, with wider customer availability expected in 2026.
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