ARM and Cadence Tape Out First 14nm FinFET Test Chip
AMD and Cadence taped out the first ARM Cortex-A7 test chip in Samsung's 14-nanometer FinFET process.
According to ARM, the chip included the Cortex-A7 processor itself, as well as Artisan standard-cell libraries, "next-generation" memories, and general purpose IOs.
"This is an important milestone in our efforts to enable our silicon partners for continued low-power leadership in future generations of innovative, energy-efficient mobile products, said Dipesh Patel, vice president and general manager of the Physical IP Division at ARM. "Taping out ARMs most energy-efficient applications processor on Samsung's advanced low-power manufacturing process was achieved through the combination of leading-edge technology and R&D excellence, as well as a deep and early collaboration with Samsung and Cadence."
ARM said that the process is targeting high-density, high-performance and ultra-low power SoCs for "future smartphones, tablets and all other advanced mobile devices". There was no information when 14 nm ARM processors will become available.

seems more like an issue with the content providers to me
Anyway, I wonder if this is like the first chip they've rolled out.
seems more like an issue with the content providers to me
Yes they do. Their lead has caused Global Foundries, TSMC, and Samsung to freak out. They're collectively skipping a node (20nm) simply because the 20nm finFET process cant compete with Intel's 22nm Tri-gate FET process.
Did I miss something? Was there an acquisition?
AMD is using ARM in the server space, not mobile. Their X86 is plenty powerful enough there. ARM in microserver in combination with SeaMicro freedom fabric will blow IBM and Intel out of the water when it comes to small website serving. That's why they're doing it.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/AMD-looking-to-produce-ARM-based-chips---is-mobile-in-its-future_id36116
I can absolutely see them making it into the mobile arena eventually. It's just that your post left me with the impression that you thought that AMD's most recent announcement about ARM was that they were making mobile chips, not server chips. I've been dealing with too many morons lately. My mind kind of jumps to "they must be wrong" automatically now.