You knew it had to be about ARM. It's always about ARM. So it’s no big surprise that ARM is elbowing its way into the formerly sacrosanct halls of server farms. You know, those big echoing hallways filled with racks upon racks of server blades, all humming along as they power the Matrix—er, the Internet.

Server racks have traditionally been the domain of big, burly, he-man microprocessors from the likes of Intel, Sun, or IBM. Only the beefiest, most power-mad processors need apply. "This is man’s work, sonny, and no little sprouts are welcome here. See what we’re doing here? We’re building the future! Why, we eat Google searches for lunch! Step aside as I process another million Amazon transactions."