Arm Holdings plc

Arm Holdings plc is a British multinational semiconductor and software design company headquartered in Cambridge, U.K., specializing in the design of central processing unit cores based on the ARM architecture. Founded in 1990, it operates a unique business model focused on licensing intellectual property rather than manufacturing chips, granting rights to leading semiconductor firms for royalties on produced units. Key products include processor families like Cortex-A, Cortex-M, Cortex-R, and Cortex-X for applications; Neoverse for infrastructure; GPUs such as Mali and Immortalis; and technologies like Ethos NPUs, TrustZone security, and system IP. These enable optimized system-on-chip designs across diverse sectors including mobile devices, consumer electronics, automotive, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, data centers, industrial automation, healthcare, telecommunications, and wearables. Majority owned by SoftBank Group since 2016, Arm Holdings plc powers over 325 billion devices shipped worldwide, serving as a foundational platform for efficient, high-performance computing from edge to cloud, particularly in powering AI-driven innovations.