Dell Joins Rival HP on Growing List of ARM Server Makers

Here is a really great story, which could be a success for what nVidia has done with Tegra even though they were not directly mentioned in the article.

When it come to enterprise servers, information technology folks care less about precisely what architecture of CPUs are going in them, but more about the impact that any architectural shifts might have -- such as computing power, power efficiency, and compatibility.

Here is why this is good, and bad. 

1. ARM processors tend to sip power while Intel CPUs are often power hungry and one of the reasons why servers are loud and require a crazy amount of cooling. 
2. ARM systems have been getting more powerful, just look at Tegra 3, it comes with five cores, can play full motion video and FPS video games.
3. ARM systems are not subject to Intel patents (yet) so more companies can build the CPUs and thus giving companies like HP, DELL, and nVidia the ability to pad their portfolio and create new markets.

The bad: Unless you count Linux there is really no "server class" OS ready to run on ARM.  Not saying that excluding Windows from the ARM market is all that detrimental but you must consider it when pushing for a new hardware product with benefits such as these.

No need to worry though, Microsoft is working on it.

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