Contact ARM English Login Register Help Products Support Community Markets About Careers You are here: Home About Company Profile Company Profile Humanizing the Digital World The world's leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier ARM is at the heart of the world’s most advanced digital products. Our technology enables the creation of new markets and transformation of industries and society. We design scalable, energy efficient-processors and related technologies to deliver the intelligence in applications ranging from sensors to servers, including smartphones, tablets, enterprise infrastructure and the Internet of Things. Our innovative technology is licensed by ARM Partners who have shipped more than 60 billion Systems on Chip (SoCs) containing our intellectual property since the company began in 1990. Together with our Connected Community, we are breaking down barriers to innovation for developers, designers and engineers, ensuring a fast, reliable route to market for leading electronics companies. Company Highlights The world’s leading semiconductor IP company Founded in 1990 Over 60 billion ARM based chips shipped to date Over 1100 licenses signed with over 300 companies Royalties received on all ARM-based chips Gaining market share in long-term secular growth markets ARM revenues typically grow faster than overall semiconductor industry revenues The ARM business model involves the designing and licensing of IP rather than the manufacturing and selling of actual semiconductor chips. We license IP to a network of Partners, which includes the world's leading semiconductor and systems companies. These Partners utilize ARM IP designs to create and manufacture system-on-chip designs, paying ARM a license fee for the original IP and a royalty on every chip or wafer produced. In addition to processor IP, we provide a range of tools, physical and systems IP to enable optimized system-on-chip designs. The ARM product offering: enabling leading design, implementation, and applications With the diversity of ARM IP and the broad ecosystem of supporting silicon and software for ARM-based solutions, the world's leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) use ARM technology in a wide variety of applications ranging from mobile handsets and digital set top boxes to car braking systems and network routers. Today ARM technology is in use in 95% of smart phones, 80% of digital cameras, and 35% of all electronic devices. Learn more about ARM’s target market segments and ARM's innovative and pioneering ecosystem (PDF download) . Quick Links Live Events Media Resources Find an ARM Partner About Company Profile Corporate Responsibility Milestones Executive Team Board of Directors ARM's Innovative and Pioneering Ecosystem Quality Policy Office Locations Trademarks Investors Newsroom Events Our Story Cookie settings | Terms of use | Privacy | Accessibility © ARM Ltd. Copyright 1995-2015