# Beyond x86: Java on ARM in 2025

DevFeed: [Beyond x86: Java on ARM in 2025](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/beyond-x86-java-on-arm-in-2025-23011.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.javaadvent.com/2025/12/beyond-x86-java-on-arm-in-2025.html>)

Author: Artur Skowronski

Published: 2025-12-05T02:02:36Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Java Advent Calendar](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/java-advent-calendar.md>)

Topics: [Arm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arm.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [x86](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/x86.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [2017](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2017.md>), [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [arm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arm.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [processors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processors.md>), [x86](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/x86.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines why Java on ARM is becoming more relevant for backend and server workloads in 2025. It discusses ARM's historical association with mobile and embedded devices, Apple's transition to ARM-based Macs, and the development of the Neoverse architecture for data centers, while noting the JVM ecosystem's gradual adaptation.

## Source excerpt

We all know the mantra: "Write Once, Run Anywhere." But for most of Java's history, that "Anywhere" really meant "anywhere, as long as there's Intel or AMD underneath." When most of us were starting out with Java, ARM was something you associated with phones, a Raspberry Pi, or some mysterious "embedded" device - not with [...] The post Beyond x86: Java on ARM in 2025 appeared first on JVM Advent.