Oracle Expands Database to Ampere Chips, Dealing a Blow to Intel

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By Ian King

June 28, 2023 at 4:54 PM UTC

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June 28, 2023 at 6:36 PM UTC

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Oracle Corp. said its industry-leading database software can be used with a new type of processor for the first time in decades, another challenge to the dominance of Intel Corp.’s technology in the lucrative data center market.

The latest version of the database software can now be used on servers with chips from Ampere Computing, Oracle said Wednesday in a blog post. Customers can run the database on Oracle’s cloud service or on-premises servers with Ampere’s processors that use technology from UK-based Arm Ltd.