After conquering the iPhone, chip designer ARM chases supercomputers

Having dominated the mobile world for some time, ARM -- the company whose CPU design is in Apple's iPhone -- is now going after the fastest computers in the world.The chip-design company wants to graduate its processor architecture and take on complex calculations that drive tasks like weather modeling, economic forecasting and scientific research -- the domain of high-performance computing (HPC).Next month, ARM will detail the "ARMv8-A Next Generation Vector Architecture for HPC" at the Hot Chi