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In the early 2010s, Arm's 32-bit cores had established themselves in cell phones and tablets. But rising memory capacities in those devices meant Arm would have to go 64-bit sooner or later. On top of that, Arm had server ambitions - and 64-bit support was essential for the server market. That brings us to the…