Arm and Linaro announced CoreCollective on February 25, 2026, creating a free, open consortium where the Arm software ecosystem can collaborate on shared technical challenges. With financial backing from Arm and organizational leadership from Linaro, CoreCollective brings together 13 founding members including AMD, Ampere, Canonical, CIX Technology, Fujitsu, Google, Graphcore, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Red Hat, Samsung, and SUSE to drive standardization and accelerate innovation across the platform.
The consortium addresses rising demands on high-performance, power-efficient compute as new workloads including AI push the ecosystem forward. CoreCollective creates a neutral, transparent framework where companies can tackle challenges collectively, reducing fragmentation and enabling developers to build once and deploy anywhere across Arm-based technologies. This collaboration extends Linaro’s 15-plus years of expertise in the Arm ecosystem while expanding access through free membership for any interested company.
CoreCollective: Open Collaboration for the Arm Software Ecosystem
Backed by Arm and led by Linaro, this free consortium unites industry leaders to accelerate standardization and innovation
Open Collaboration
A neutral, transparent consortium where the Arm ecosystem tackles shared technical challenges together, reducing fragmentation across the platform.
Standardization Focus
Working groups will establish standardized tooling and integration across Android, data centers, confidential compute, edge, Linux fundamentals, virtualization, and Windows on Arm.
Build Once, Deploy Anywhere
Strengthening the software foundation that enables developers to create applications once and deploy across a wide range of Arm-based technologies.
Zero Barriers to Entry
With Arm’s financial backing, membership is completely free and open to any company interested in advancing the Arm software ecosystem.
Founding Members
13 industry leaders joined CoreCollective at launch alongside Arm and Linaro
AMD’s inclusion represents cross-architecture collaboration, potentially connected to ARM exposure through Xilinx acquisition and rumored ARM-powered developments. The consortium’s diverse membership spans silicon vendors, cloud providers, and enterprise software companies.
Evolution to CoreCollective
“Supporting the open source community is critical to accelerating innovation for developers building, testing and deploying workloads on Arm. Combining Linaro’s extensive experience in the Arm software ecosystem, Arm’s open source commitment and investment and broad industry support, CoreCollective is set up to deliver an open, transparent and collaborative route to addressing common industry challenges.”
Working Group Focus Areas
Android
Standardized tooling and integration for mobile and embedded Android implementations on Arm platforms.
Data Center
Cloud infrastructure optimization, reducing deployment overhead for server environments running Arm-based processors.
Confidential Compute
Security-focused collaboration for trusted execution environments and secure computing workloads across the ecosystem.
Edge
IoT deployment standardization, cutting maintenance overhead for connected edge devices across industries and applications.
Linux Fundamentals
Core Linux kernel work, firmware development, and framework optimization for seamless Arm architecture integration.
Virtualization
Virtual machine and container technologies enabling flexible deployment across Arm-based infrastructure and platforms.
Windows on Arm
Collaboration advancing Windows ecosystem compatibility and performance on Arm processors for PC and enterprise environments.
Join the Collaboration
CoreCollective membership is open and free for any company interested in helping developers accelerate building, testing, and deploying workloads on Arm.
Visit CoreCollective.devReal-World Impact: Trusted Firmware Example
Trusted Firmware, an open reference implementation of Arm specifications led by Arm and operated by Linaro, demonstrates the benefits of ecosystem collaboration. The project enables quick and easy porting to modern chips and platforms. This model of solving common needs collectively is what CoreCollective aims to expand across all focus areas, allowing companies to concentrate innovation where it matters most while benefiting from shared progress in foundational technologies. The approach applies to emerging device ecosystems and large-scale AI infrastructure deployments.
Dual Strategy: Consortium and Commercial Services
Alongside CoreCollective, Linaro transitions into a fully commercial services provider, creating a dual approach that reduces engineering duplication across the ecosystem. While CoreCollective handles industry-wide cooperation on shared standards, Linaro’s commercial arm works directly with companies to build high-performing, compliant open source products on Arm. This structure provides flexibility for organizations to engage at the level that suits their needs, whether through free consortium participation or tailored service agreements. The model addresses how custom configurations consuming high percentages of deployment time benefit from adopting shared standards—particularly valuable for resource-constrained development teams and mission-critical infrastructure deployments.
The announcement covered CoreCollective’s launch as a free, open consortium backed by Arm with leadership from Linaro. The consortium brings together 13 founding members to address shared technical challenges through working groups focused on Android, data centers, confidential compute, edge, Linux fundamentals, virtualization, and Windows on Arm. Membership remains open to any company interested in participating in Arm ecosystem collaboration.
The discussion included Linaro’s 15-plus years of experience in the Arm ecosystem, the presence of 22 million developers building on Arm, and examples like Trusted Firmware demonstrating collaborative benefits. CoreCollective’s dual approach combines free consortium participation with Linaro’s commercial services for companies requiring tailored support. Information about joining the consortium is available at Arm’s newsroom and corecollective.dev.
