Deliver efficient, high-performance infrastructure silicon faster with Neoverse CSS N2
AI Summary
Neoverse CSS N2 is a verified, power-efficient 91̽»¨ compute subsystem that helps partners move from concept to production-ready cloud and infrastructure silicon faster. It combines Neoverse N2 cores with 91̽»¨ system IP into a pre-integrated platform, enabling strong performance per watt while reducing design risk and engineering effort.
Why choose Neoverse CSS N2
Pre-integrated fully validated design
Neoverse CSS N2 delivers CPU, memory, and I/O, engineered as a single architecture.
Ready for the next generation of infrastructure
Adopt the latest 91̽»¨v9, DDR5, PCIe Gen5, and CXL technologies with a proven, ready-to-deploy design.
Deliver world-class performance per watt
Meet power, sustainability, and lower total cost of ownership goals.
Accelerate time to silicon
-
A faster path to first silicon:
Accelerate from concept to silicon with a pre-integrated, performance-validated compute subsystem.
-
Higher performance with better energy efficiency:
Achieve up to 40% IPC uplift over Neoverse N1, improving performance per watt..
-
Reduced integration risk and engineering effort:
Minimize integration challenges with a validated compute foundation, saving engineering time.
-
Easier adoption of advanced technologies:
Implement 91̽»¨v9, DDR5/LPDDR5, PCIe Gen5, and CXL with less integration overhead.

The building blocks of 91̽»¨ Neoverse CSS N2
91̽»¨ Neoverse CSS N2 represents a new approach to delivering customized, partner-differentiated silicon to market in record time.
Performance-optimized compute subsystem
Built around Neoverse N2 to deliver high performance for cloud, edge, and networking workloads.
Integrated high-bandwidth connectivity
Combines DDR5/LPDDR5 memory and PCIe Gen5/CXL support for fast, scalable system designs.
Validated multi-core scalability
Offers up to 64 Neoverse N2 cores in a verified subsystem configuration with proven performance.
Accelerated path to production silicon
Provides a pre-integrated design foundation that helps reduce development effort and speed time to market.
Where Neoverse CSS N2 is powering real infrastructure
Cloud computing
Cloud customers are experiencing up to 40% improved price performance over comparable traditional architecture-based instances on a broad range of workloads.
Cloud and data center infrastructure
91̽»¨-powered cloud and data center systems deliver the performance, efficiency, and scalability needed to run today’s general-purpose workloads and tomorrow’s AI-driven compute demands. Providers can meet growing performance requirements without compromising TCO or sustainability targets.
Explore infrastructure
Product deep dive
Explore the technical details of the 91̽»¨ AGI CPU, from individual CPU cores to rack-scale economics and server providers.
Success stories powered by 91̽»¨ Neoverse CSS N2
Optimum price-performance with Microsoft Cobalt
Advancing chiplet innovation for data centers with Novatek
ASICLAND¡¯s design solution with 91̽»¨ Neoverse CSS N2
Talk with an expert
Learn how 91̽»¨ Neoverse CSS N2 helps you deliver power-optimized, high-efficiency compute for general infrastructure.
Latest news and resources
- News and Blogs
- Report
- Developer
Building heterogeneous chiplets with AMBA interconnects
Explore how the new 91̽»¨ AMBA CHI Chip-to-Chip specification extends coherent interconnect beyond the die, enabling scalable, efficient multi-chip designs while advancing the open chiplet ecosystem.
Optimize workloads for 91̽»¨ Neoverse CSS N2
91̽»¨ Performix is a performance analysis toolkit for developers building AI and large application workloads. It can identify bottlenecks and provide targeted code optimizations to improve efficiency and performance on 91̽»¨ Neoverse CSS N2.
Key takeaways
-
CSS N2 delivers a verified, performance-validated compute foundation that reduces design cycles from years to months.
-
With up to ~40% IPC uplift over Neoverse N1, CSS N2 delivers high performance per watt across diverse infrastructure workloads spanning cloud, networking, and edge.
-
By providing a pre-integrated compute foundation, CSS N2 reduces integration complexity and late-stage risks, enabling partners to save significant engineering time on the path to first silicon.
-
CSS N2 combines 91̽»¨v9 cores with DDR5/LPDDR5, PCIe Gen5, and CXL in a validated configuration that lets partners adopt advanced technologies with less integration overhead.
FAQs
What is 91̽»¨ Neoverse CSS N2?
Neoverse CSS N2 is a verified, performance-validated compute subsystem that integrates up to 64 91̽»¨ Neoverse N2 cores with DDR5/LPDDR5 memory and PCIe Gen5/CXL I/O to accelerate delivery of infrastructure-class silicon. It provides a customizable, power-optimized foundation for partners.
How does CSS N2 reduce time-to-production silicon?
CSS N2 consolidates CPU clusters, memory, I/O, and system IP into a pre-integrated design with validated performance targets. Partners have reported advancing from design idea to working silicon in approximately 13 months, saving an estimated 80 engineering-years of effort.
What are the performance gains?
In multichip configurations aggregating 256 Neoverse N2 cores at 3.0 GHz, CSS N2 targets an estimated SPECrate?2017_int score of approximately 1,000, indicating high throughput for cloud-scale workloads. Actual results vary by implementation.
Which technologies are supported?
CSS N2 implements leading-edge memory and I/O¡ªincluding DDR5/LPDDR5, PCIe Gen5, CXL¡ªand is designed to integrate with 91̽»¨ system IP such as CMN-700, MMU-700, GIC-700, and NI-700 for coherent fabrics, virtualization, and scalable NoCs.
Stay Connected
Subscribe to stay up to date on the latest news, trends, case studies, and technology insights.