# GitHub and Arm64 (Ampere)

**URL:** https://community.amperecomputing.com/t/github-and-arm64-ampere/940
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 24, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://community.amperecomputing.com/t/github-and-arm64-ampere/940 "2024-09-24T08:35:18Z")
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### Author: ![Aaron](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.amperecomputing.com/aaron/32/37_2.png) [@Aaron](https://community.amperecomputing.com/u/Aaron)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://community.amperecomputing.com/t/github-and-arm64-ampere/940/1 "2024-09-24T08:35:18Z")

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There has been a lot coming out about GitHub and Arm64 (Ampere) servers. Back in June, GitHub announced that they are opening their GitHub runners to a [public beta](https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/arm64-on-github-actions-powering-faster-more-efficient-build-systems/).

And earlier this month, Github announced that their Runners for Arm64 Linux and Windows have gone GA. All great news. And now, they have released a blog post titled: [Streamlining your MLOps pipeline with GitHub Actions and Arm64 runners](https://github.blog/enterprise-software/ci-cd/streamlining-your-mlops-pipeline-with-github-actions-and-arm64-runners/) , which goes into more detail about why you want to move to Arm64 runners:

- _ **Optimized performance:** Arm processors have been increasingly optimized for ML workloads, offering competitive performance in training and inference tasks._
- _ **Cost efficiency:** Arm64 runners are priced 37% lower than GitHub’s x64 based runners, allowing you to get more workflow runs within the same budget._
- _ **Scalability:** easily scalable within Actions, allowing you to handle growing computational demands._

And I would add that running Arm64 builds natively on Cloud Native processors removes the complexity of using emulation and a huge improvement in build performance (we have seen 2+ hour builds come down to under 10 min).

And at FOSSY, we were lucky enough to have Larissa Fortuna, PM at GitHub, give a talk titled: _GitHub Actions & Arm64: Enabling the world’s software to build on ARM_.

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/amperedevelopers/original/1X/60c6b5e4bed43b91764dab695663b83b16fb41af.jpeg "Github Actions And Arm64: Enabling the World's Software to Build on Arm64") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2P35L0cE_4)

So take a moment and check out the links above and let us know your story about building natively on Ampere/Arm64 processors.