Oracle has launched an ARM-based compute offering on its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), OCI Ampere A1 Compute. The offering includes a range of tools, solutions, and support for the platform based on ARM-based processors, which also includes flexible VM sizing to allow customers to customise based on memory and core requirements. Oracle said the solution aims to help customers run cloud-native and general-purpose workloads on ARM instances with “significant price-performance benefits”. The service is available in either a bare metal instance, a dual-socket 164 instance with 1 TB memory, or a flexible virtual machine. Oracle Cloud Free Tier also gives developers US$300 in free credits for 30 days.