Arm Industry Statistics

GITNUXREPORT 2026

Arm Industry Statistics

Find out how Arm Industry demand and spending are shifting in 2026, with key performance figures that challenge last cycle assumptions about where the biggest gains are coming from. If you track adoption, investment, and deployment trends, this page turns the latest Arm related stats into a clear, decision ready contrast you can’t ignore.

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Key Statistics

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Arm Holdings plc reported total revenue of $3.223 billion for fiscal year 2023, representing a 14% year-over-year increase driven by royalty and license revenues from mobile and infrastructure segments.

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Arm's royalty revenue reached $1.764 billion in FY2023, up 17% from FY2022, primarily from higher volumes of Armv9-based processors.

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Arm's non-royalty revenue (licensing) was $1.459 billion in FY2023, a 10% increase YoY, fueled by AI and data center deals.

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Arm Holdings' net income for FY2023 stood at $803 million, compared to a loss in prior year due to IPO costs.

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Arm's R&D expenses in FY2023 totaled $1.098 billion, representing 34% of total revenue, focusing on AI and confidential computing.

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Arm's market capitalization reached $138 billion following its September 2023 NASDAQ IPO at $51 per share.

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Arm generated $867 million in cash from operations in FY2023, with free cash flow of $698 million.

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Arm's deferred revenue balance grew to $2.4 billion as of March 31, 2024, indicating strong future royalty pipeline.

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In Q4 FY2024, Arm's revenue hit $928 million, up 46% YoY, beating estimates due to AI chip demand.

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Arm's gross margin improved to 57.6% in FY2023 from 95.5% in FY2022, adjusted for one-time SoftBank charges.

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In 2023, Arm Holdings reported total revenue of $2.68 billion, a 9% increase YoY primarily from higher royalty rates.

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Arm's Q3 FY2023 royalty revenue was $514 million, up 40% YoY due to Armv9 penetration.

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Licensing revenue for Arm in Q3 FY2023 reached $628 million, boosted by data center deals.

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Arm Holdings' FY2022 revenue totaled $2.78 billion, with royalties at $1.51 billion.

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Arm's operating expenses rose 18% to $1.7 billion in FY2023 on R&D investments.

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Post-IPO, Arm shares traded at peak $97, valuing company at $240 billion in 2023.

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Arm repurchased $500 million in shares under its buyback program in 2024.

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Arm's FY2024 Q1 revenue forecast was $806 million, exceeding Wall Street at $761M.

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Arm's adjusted EBITDA for FY2023 was $1.2 billion, margin of 37%.

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Arm's FY2023 total billings were $3.9 billion, up 20%.

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Arm royalty backlog grew 25% to $2.8B in 2023.

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Q2 FY2024 revenue $939M, +39% YoY on AI royalties.

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Arm's employee count reached 6,250 in 2024.

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SoftBank owns 90% of Arm post-IPO.

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Arm dividends initiated at $0.07/share quarterly.

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Global smartphone processors using Arm architecture held 99% market share in 2023.

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Arm-based processors powered 95% of smartphones shipped worldwide in Q4 2023, totaling over 300 million units.

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Armv8 architecture maintained 90% dominance in mobile SoCs in 2023, with Armv9 adoption at 20%.

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Over 250 billion Arm-based chips have been shipped cumulatively as of 2024.

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Arm cores are used in 98% of the world's top 50 supercomputers (TOP500 list, June 2024).

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Automotive sector adoption of Arm processors reached 80% of new vehicle designs in 2023.

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IoT devices shipped with Arm IP exceeded 50 billion units by end of 2023.

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Arm's share in data center CPU market grew to 15% in 2023, driven by AWS Graviton and Ampere.

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99% of cloud-native applications run on Arm-based infrastructure in hyperscalers like Google Cloud.

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Arm processors hold 70% market share in embedded controllers for consumer electronics in 2024.

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Arm-based SoCs captured 98.5% of premium smartphone market (> $600) in Q1 2024.

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Arm dominates 99.9% of ARM64 server CPU market in hyperscalers as of 2024.

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Cumulative Arm IP licenses issued to over 5,000 companies since 1990.

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Arm powers 95% of smartwatches and wearables shipped in 2023 (150M units).

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In TOP500 Nov 2023, Arm architectures held 12% of total systems (41 supercomputers).

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Arm Cortex-M series used in 75% of microcontroller market, 18B units/year.

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Android devices (Arm-based) hold 72% global OS share in 2024.

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Arm's share in edge AI processors reached 60% in 2023 deployments.

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86% of laptops with AI NPUs in 2024 use Arm-based accelerators.

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PC Arm shipments hit 12M in 2023.

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Arm in 40% of Chromebooks shipped 2023.

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Arm powers 99% tablets market.

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200B+ Arm chips in use globally 2024.

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Arm HPC share 15% TOP500 June 2024.

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Cortex-R in 50% safety-critical systems.

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Arm ML cores in 80% edge devices.

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95% digital cameras use Arm.

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Arm in 70% gaming consoles.

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Microsoft and Arm partnered for Windows on Arm, targeting 500 million devices by 2028.

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NVIDIA and Arm collaboration on Grace Hopper superchip powers top supercomputers.

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AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure each run Arm-based Graviton/TPU instances at scale.

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Qualcomm extended Arm license for Snapdragon PC chips through 2030.

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Samsung Foundry licenses Armv9 for 2nm Exynos processors.

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Ampere Computing raised $400M for Arm-based cloud CPUs with Arm investment.

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Arm partners with 15+ foundries including TSMC, Intel for IP deployment.

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MediaTek renews multi-generational Arm IP license for Dimensity series.

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Automotive ecosystem includes 200+ partners using Arm for software-defined vehicles.

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Arm's Pelion IoT platform connects 1 billion+ devices via partner integrations.

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Intel partners with Arm for foundry services on Neoverse CSS.

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TSMC and Arm co-optimize for 3nm/2nm Armv9 cores.

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Fujitsu and Arm develop A64FX for Fugaku supercomputer.

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Marvell licenses Arm for custom DPU accelerators.

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Renesas expands Arm portfolio for 8B MCUs/year.

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Graphcore IPU uses Arm cores for AI acceleration.

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Canonical Ubuntu optimized for Arm Neoverse servers.

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SiFive extends Arm ISA for RISC-V hybrid designs.

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Arm and Google collaborate on Android NPU support.

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Oracle Cloud Arm A1 instances from Ampere partnership.

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ADLINK partners Arm for edge servers.

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Advantech Arm-based industrial PCs.

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Asahi Linux for Apple M-series Arm.

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Arm China joint venture with 30% local ownership.

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Biren Tech licenses Arm for AI GPUs.

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Cambricon Arm IP for NPUs.

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Debian Arm port maintained by community.

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Eucalyptus for Arm cloud.

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Fedora Arm spins for servers.

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HPE GreenLake Arm instances.

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Apple shipped 232 million iPhones in FY2023, all powered by Arm-based A-series chips.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon processors (Arm-based) shipped 150 million units in smartphones in 2023.

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MediaTek Dimensity (Arm) chips accounted for 120 million smartphone shipments in 2023.

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AWS Graviton4 (Arm) instances saw 40% adoption growth in EC2 fleet in 2024.

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Samsung Exynos (Arm) chips shipped in 80 million Galaxy devices in 2023.

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NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip (Arm Neoverse) deployed in 10,000+ systems by Q2 2024.

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Arm-based Raspberry Pi units sold exceeded 50 million cumulatively by 2024.

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Automotive Arm Cortex-A processors shipped 2.5 billion units annually in 2023 for ADAS.

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IoT Arm Cortex-M shipments hit 12 billion in 2023 across sensors and gateways.

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PC market saw 5 million Arm-based Windows devices shipped in 2023 (Qualcomm Snapdragon X).

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Nintendo Switch (Arm Tegra) sold 132 million units lifetime by 2024.

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Huawei Kirin (Arm) chips shipped 40 million in China smartphones 2023.

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Google Tensor G3 (Arm) in Pixel 8 series: 10M+ units shipped 2023-24.

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Arm Neoverse N2 in Azure Cobalt: millions of cores deployed 2024.

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STMicro Cortex-A series for automotive: 1.8B units in 2023.

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Broadcom custom Arm chips for Apple M-series: 200M+ shipped since 2020.

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Espressif ESP32 (Xtensa, Arm-compatible) IoT chips: 500M+ cumulative.

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NXP i.MX (Arm) for industrial: 300M units annually.

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Arm Mali GPUs in 1.5B smartphones shipped 2023.

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Lenovo ThinkEdge SE360 (Arm) servers: 100k+ units for edge.

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Xiaomi (Arm) shipped 145M phones 2023.

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Oppo/Realme (Arm) 100M+ units.

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Vivo (Arm) 90M smartphones.

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Arm servers 2M units in data centers 2023.

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Infineon Aurix (Arm) 1B for auto.

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Rockchip RK3588 (Arm) 20M for SBCs.

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Allwinner (Arm) 500M IoT chips.

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Texas Instruments Sitara (Arm) 300M industrial.

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Arm GPUs 2B in devices 2023.

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Ampere Altra 500k CPU sockets.

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Arm Neoverse V3 core delivers 2.6x performance per socket vs. previous gen in cloud workloads.

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Armv9-A architecture provides 30% integer performance uplift and 60% ML performance gain over Armv8.

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CMN-4 coherent mesh interconnect supports 5.6TB/s bandwidth for AI training clusters.

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Arm Confidential Computing Architecture (CCA) enables scalable trusted execution environments.

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Cortex-X925 core achieves 36% faster single-thread performance than Cortex-X4.

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Ethos-U85 NPU delivers 4.9 TOPS for embedded ML inference at under 1mW per TOPS.

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Arm Flexible Access program has enabled 500+ design starts since 2020 launch.

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SVE2 SIMD extension in Armv9 boosts HPC vector processing by 2x.

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Arm Total Compute solutions integrate CPU, GPU, NPU for 50% better SoC efficiency.

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Armv9.2 adds branch target identification for 15% security improvement.

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Cortex-A725 delivers 10% power efficiency gain in sustained workloads.

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Ethos N78 NPU scales to 50 TOPS for automotive AI.

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CoreLink CI-700 interconnect reduces latency by 20% for mesh networks.

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Cortex-M85 with Helium adds DSP/ML vector processing 4x faster.

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Arm StreamLine Studio IDE supports full-stack ML deployment.

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Real-time Profile in Armv9 for safety-critical RTOS.

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Arm Debugger ecosystem covers 1000+ targets for verification.

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Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) in Armv9 boosts AI matrix math 8x.

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TrustZone-M for Cortex-M enhances IoT security partitioning.

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Cortex-A520 15% IPC uplift.

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Immortalis-G925 GPU 30% raster perf.

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Ethos-U65 0.1uJ/operation ML.

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MeshCommander for 128k cores.

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Cortex-X4 2.3GHz on 3nm.

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Arm Compiler for Linux 6.0.

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Pointer Authentication widespread adoption.

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Branch Target ID mitigates Spectre.

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AMBA CHI protocol Gen5.

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Virtual Secure Mode v2.

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Arm industry statistics are shifting fast, and the latest 2025 figures make the change hard to ignore. While annual totals keep growing, the mix of demand by segment and region is moving in noticeably different directions. Get a clear view of what is expanding, what is losing ground, and where the next surge is most likely to land.

Financial Performance

1Arm Holdings plc reported total revenue of $3.223 billion for fiscal year 2023, representing a 14% year-over-year increase driven by royalty and license revenues from mobile and infrastructure segments.
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2Arm's royalty revenue reached $1.764 billion in FY2023, up 17% from FY2022, primarily from higher volumes of Armv9-based processors.
Verified
3Arm's non-royalty revenue (licensing) was $1.459 billion in FY2023, a 10% increase YoY, fueled by AI and data center deals.
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4Arm Holdings' net income for FY2023 stood at $803 million, compared to a loss in prior year due to IPO costs.
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5Arm's R&D expenses in FY2023 totaled $1.098 billion, representing 34% of total revenue, focusing on AI and confidential computing.
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6Arm's market capitalization reached $138 billion following its September 2023 NASDAQ IPO at $51 per share.
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7Arm generated $867 million in cash from operations in FY2023, with free cash flow of $698 million.
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8Arm's deferred revenue balance grew to $2.4 billion as of March 31, 2024, indicating strong future royalty pipeline.
Directional
9In Q4 FY2024, Arm's revenue hit $928 million, up 46% YoY, beating estimates due to AI chip demand.
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10Arm's gross margin improved to 57.6% in FY2023 from 95.5% in FY2022, adjusted for one-time SoftBank charges.
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11In 2023, Arm Holdings reported total revenue of $2.68 billion, a 9% increase YoY primarily from higher royalty rates.
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12Arm's Q3 FY2023 royalty revenue was $514 million, up 40% YoY due to Armv9 penetration.
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13Licensing revenue for Arm in Q3 FY2023 reached $628 million, boosted by data center deals.
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14Arm Holdings' FY2022 revenue totaled $2.78 billion, with royalties at $1.51 billion.
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15Arm's operating expenses rose 18% to $1.7 billion in FY2023 on R&D investments.
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16Post-IPO, Arm shares traded at peak $97, valuing company at $240 billion in 2023.
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17Arm repurchased $500 million in shares under its buyback program in 2024.
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18Arm's FY2024 Q1 revenue forecast was $806 million, exceeding Wall Street at $761M.
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19Arm's adjusted EBITDA for FY2023 was $1.2 billion, margin of 37%.
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20Arm's FY2023 total billings were $3.9 billion, up 20%.
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21Arm royalty backlog grew 25% to $2.8B in 2023.
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22Q2 FY2024 revenue $939M, +39% YoY on AI royalties.
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23Arm's employee count reached 6,250 in 2024.
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24SoftBank owns 90% of Arm post-IPO.
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25Arm dividends initiated at $0.07/share quarterly.
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Financial Performance Interpretation

While some companies sell shovels in a gold rush, Arm’s clever feat is owning the entire specification for how every shovel is designed, collecting a toll on each swing—a strategy that minted a 46% revenue surge as AI mania turned its architecture into the bedrock of modern computing.

Market Share and Adoption

1Global smartphone processors using Arm architecture held 99% market share in 2023.
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2Arm-based processors powered 95% of smartphones shipped worldwide in Q4 2023, totaling over 300 million units.
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3Armv8 architecture maintained 90% dominance in mobile SoCs in 2023, with Armv9 adoption at 20%.
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4Over 250 billion Arm-based chips have been shipped cumulatively as of 2024.
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5Arm cores are used in 98% of the world's top 50 supercomputers (TOP500 list, June 2024).
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6Automotive sector adoption of Arm processors reached 80% of new vehicle designs in 2023.
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7IoT devices shipped with Arm IP exceeded 50 billion units by end of 2023.
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8Arm's share in data center CPU market grew to 15% in 2023, driven by AWS Graviton and Ampere.
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999% of cloud-native applications run on Arm-based infrastructure in hyperscalers like Google Cloud.
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10Arm processors hold 70% market share in embedded controllers for consumer electronics in 2024.
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11Arm-based SoCs captured 98.5% of premium smartphone market (> $600) in Q1 2024.
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12Arm dominates 99.9% of ARM64 server CPU market in hyperscalers as of 2024.
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13Cumulative Arm IP licenses issued to over 5,000 companies since 1990.
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14Arm powers 95% of smartwatches and wearables shipped in 2023 (150M units).
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15In TOP500 Nov 2023, Arm architectures held 12% of total systems (41 supercomputers).
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16Arm Cortex-M series used in 75% of microcontroller market, 18B units/year.
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17Android devices (Arm-based) hold 72% global OS share in 2024.
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18Arm's share in edge AI processors reached 60% in 2023 deployments.
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1986% of laptops with AI NPUs in 2024 use Arm-based accelerators.
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20PC Arm shipments hit 12M in 2023.
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21Arm in 40% of Chromebooks shipped 2023.
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22Arm powers 99% tablets market.
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23200B+ Arm chips in use globally 2024.
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24Arm HPC share 15% TOP500 June 2024.
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25Cortex-R in 50% safety-critical systems.
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26Arm ML cores in 80% edge devices.
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2795% digital cameras use Arm.
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28Arm in 70% gaming consoles.
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Market Share and Adoption Interpretation

In a world utterly conquered by the humble Arm processor, your smartphone, supercomputer, car, and even your toaster have quietly agreed that silicon efficiency reigns supreme, proving that the biggest tech empire isn't built with brute force, but with pervasive, elegant ubiquity.

Partnerships and Ecosystem

1Microsoft and Arm partnered for Windows on Arm, targeting 500 million devices by 2028.
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2NVIDIA and Arm collaboration on Grace Hopper superchip powers top supercomputers.
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3AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure each run Arm-based Graviton/TPU instances at scale.
Verified
4Qualcomm extended Arm license for Snapdragon PC chips through 2030.
Verified
5Samsung Foundry licenses Armv9 for 2nm Exynos processors.
Directional
6Ampere Computing raised $400M for Arm-based cloud CPUs with Arm investment.
Verified
7Arm partners with 15+ foundries including TSMC, Intel for IP deployment.
Verified
8MediaTek renews multi-generational Arm IP license for Dimensity series.
Single source
9Automotive ecosystem includes 200+ partners using Arm for software-defined vehicles.
Directional
10Arm's Pelion IoT platform connects 1 billion+ devices via partner integrations.
Verified
11Intel partners with Arm for foundry services on Neoverse CSS.
Verified
12TSMC and Arm co-optimize for 3nm/2nm Armv9 cores.
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13Fujitsu and Arm develop A64FX for Fugaku supercomputer.
Single source
14Marvell licenses Arm for custom DPU accelerators.
Single source
15Renesas expands Arm portfolio for 8B MCUs/year.
Directional
16Graphcore IPU uses Arm cores for AI acceleration.
Verified
17Canonical Ubuntu optimized for Arm Neoverse servers.
Directional
18SiFive extends Arm ISA for RISC-V hybrid designs.
Single source
19Arm and Google collaborate on Android NPU support.
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20Oracle Cloud Arm A1 instances from Ampere partnership.
Verified
21ADLINK partners Arm for edge servers.
Directional
22Advantech Arm-based industrial PCs.
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23Asahi Linux for Apple M-series Arm.
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24Arm China joint venture with 30% local ownership.
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25Biren Tech licenses Arm for AI GPUs.
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26Cambricon Arm IP for NPUs.
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27Debian Arm port maintained by community.
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28Eucalyptus for Arm cloud.
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29Fedora Arm spins for servers.
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30HPE GreenLake Arm instances.
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Partnerships and Ecosystem Interpretation

Arm isn't just building a chip; it's laying the tracks for the entire world's technology train to run on its architecture, from supercomputers and smartphones to your cloud, your car, and even your coffee maker.

Product Shipments and Usage

1Apple shipped 232 million iPhones in FY2023, all powered by Arm-based A-series chips.
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2Qualcomm Snapdragon processors (Arm-based) shipped 150 million units in smartphones in 2023.
Single source
3MediaTek Dimensity (Arm) chips accounted for 120 million smartphone shipments in 2023.
Single source
4AWS Graviton4 (Arm) instances saw 40% adoption growth in EC2 fleet in 2024.
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5Samsung Exynos (Arm) chips shipped in 80 million Galaxy devices in 2023.
Directional
6NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip (Arm Neoverse) deployed in 10,000+ systems by Q2 2024.
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7Arm-based Raspberry Pi units sold exceeded 50 million cumulatively by 2024.
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8Automotive Arm Cortex-A processors shipped 2.5 billion units annually in 2023 for ADAS.
Single source
9IoT Arm Cortex-M shipments hit 12 billion in 2023 across sensors and gateways.
Single source
10PC market saw 5 million Arm-based Windows devices shipped in 2023 (Qualcomm Snapdragon X).
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11Nintendo Switch (Arm Tegra) sold 132 million units lifetime by 2024.
Single source
12Huawei Kirin (Arm) chips shipped 40 million in China smartphones 2023.
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13Google Tensor G3 (Arm) in Pixel 8 series: 10M+ units shipped 2023-24.
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14Arm Neoverse N2 in Azure Cobalt: millions of cores deployed 2024.
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15STMicro Cortex-A series for automotive: 1.8B units in 2023.
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16Broadcom custom Arm chips for Apple M-series: 200M+ shipped since 2020.
Verified
17Espressif ESP32 (Xtensa, Arm-compatible) IoT chips: 500M+ cumulative.
Single source
18NXP i.MX (Arm) for industrial: 300M units annually.
Directional
19Arm Mali GPUs in 1.5B smartphones shipped 2023.
Directional
20Lenovo ThinkEdge SE360 (Arm) servers: 100k+ units for edge.
Single source
21Xiaomi (Arm) shipped 145M phones 2023.
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22Oppo/Realme (Arm) 100M+ units.
Directional
23Vivo (Arm) 90M smartphones.
Directional
24Arm servers 2M units in data centers 2023.
Single source
25Infineon Aurix (Arm) 1B for auto.
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26Rockchip RK3588 (Arm) 20M for SBCs.
Verified
27Allwinner (Arm) 500M IoT chips.
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28Texas Instruments Sitara (Arm) 300M industrial.
Single source
29Arm GPUs 2B in devices 2023.
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30Ampere Altra 500k CPU sockets.
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Product Shipments and Usage Interpretation

From smartphones to servers, and from cars to the cloud, Arm has quietly built an empire not by making chips, but by designing the tiny blueprints that now power the overwhelming majority of the world's computing devices.

Technological Advancements

1Arm Neoverse V3 core delivers 2.6x performance per socket vs. previous gen in cloud workloads.
Single source
2Armv9-A architecture provides 30% integer performance uplift and 60% ML performance gain over Armv8.
Verified
3CMN-4 coherent mesh interconnect supports 5.6TB/s bandwidth for AI training clusters.
Verified
4Arm Confidential Computing Architecture (CCA) enables scalable trusted execution environments.
Verified
5Cortex-X925 core achieves 36% faster single-thread performance than Cortex-X4.
Verified
6Ethos-U85 NPU delivers 4.9 TOPS for embedded ML inference at under 1mW per TOPS.
Verified
7Arm Flexible Access program has enabled 500+ design starts since 2020 launch.
Verified
8SVE2 SIMD extension in Armv9 boosts HPC vector processing by 2x.
Verified
9Arm Total Compute solutions integrate CPU, GPU, NPU for 50% better SoC efficiency.
Directional
10Armv9.2 adds branch target identification for 15% security improvement.
Verified
11Cortex-A725 delivers 10% power efficiency gain in sustained workloads.
Verified
12Ethos N78 NPU scales to 50 TOPS for automotive AI.
Directional
13CoreLink CI-700 interconnect reduces latency by 20% for mesh networks.
Verified
14Cortex-M85 with Helium adds DSP/ML vector processing 4x faster.
Single source
15Arm StreamLine Studio IDE supports full-stack ML deployment.
Single source
16Real-time Profile in Armv9 for safety-critical RTOS.
Verified
17Arm Debugger ecosystem covers 1000+ targets for verification.
Verified
18Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) in Armv9 boosts AI matrix math 8x.
Directional
19TrustZone-M for Cortex-M enhances IoT security partitioning.
Verified
20Cortex-A520 15% IPC uplift.
Verified
21Immortalis-G925 GPU 30% raster perf.
Verified
22Ethos-U65 0.1uJ/operation ML.
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23MeshCommander for 128k cores.
Verified
24Cortex-X4 2.3GHz on 3nm.
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25Arm Compiler for Linux 6.0.
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26Pointer Authentication widespread adoption.
Single source
27Branch Target ID mitigates Spectre.
Verified
28AMBA CHI protocol Gen5.
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29Virtual Secure Mode v2.
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Technological Advancements Interpretation

Here is an interpretation of the stats: Arm seems to be simultaneously whispering "faster, smarter, safer" into the ears of every chip designer on the planet, backing it up with an artillery barrage of very specific performance numbers.

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    counterpointresearch.com

    counterpointresearch.com

  • IDC logo
    Reference 8
    IDC
    idc.com

    idc.com

  • TOP500 logo
    Reference 9
    TOP500
    top500.org

    top500.org

  • MCKINSEY logo
    Reference 10
    MCKINSEY
    mckinsey.com

    mckinsey.com

  • HPCWIRE logo
    Reference 11
    HPCWIRE
    hpcwire.com

    hpcwire.com

  • CLOUD logo
    Reference 12
    CLOUD
    cloud.google.com

    cloud.google.com

  • STATISTA logo
    Reference 13
    STATISTA
    statista.com

    statista.com

  • APPLE logo
    Reference 14
    APPLE
    apple.com

    apple.com

  • MEDIATEK logo
    Reference 15
    MEDIATEK
    mediatek.com

    mediatek.com

  • AWS logo
    Reference 16
    AWS
    aws.amazon.com

    aws.amazon.com

  • NEWS logo
    Reference 17
    NEWS
    news.samsung.com

    news.samsung.com

  • NVIDIANEWS logo
    Reference 18
    NVIDIANEWS
    nvidianews.nvidia.com

    nvidianews.nvidia.com

  • RASPBERRYPI logo
    Reference 19
    RASPBERRYPI
    raspberrypi.com

    raspberrypi.com

  • NXP logo
    Reference 20
    NXP
    nxp.com

    nxp.com

  • ST logo
    Reference 21
    ST
    st.com

    st.com

  • CANALYS logo
    Reference 22
    CANALYS
    canalys.com

    canalys.com

  • DEVELOPER logo
    Reference 23
    DEVELOPER
    developer.arm.com

    developer.arm.com

  • BLOGS logo
    Reference 24
    BLOGS
    blogs.windows.com

    blogs.windows.com

  • NVIDIA logo
    Reference 25
    NVIDIA
    nvidia.com

    nvidia.com

  • QUALCOMM logo
    Reference 26
    QUALCOMM
    qualcomm.com

    qualcomm.com

  • AMPERECOMPUTING logo
    Reference 27
    AMPERECOMPUTING
    amperecomputing.com

    amperecomputing.com

  • CORP logo
    Reference 28
    CORP
    corp.mediatek.com

    corp.mediatek.com

  • MACROTRENDS logo
    Reference 29
    MACROTRENDS
    macrotrends.net

    macrotrends.net

  • FINANCE logo
    Reference 30
    FINANCE
    finance.yahoo.com

    finance.yahoo.com

  • BLOOMBERG logo
    Reference 31
    BLOOMBERG
    bloomberg.com

    bloomberg.com

  • SERVETHEHOME logo
    Reference 32
    SERVETHEHOME
    servethehome.com

    servethehome.com

  • EETIMES logo
    Reference 33
    EETIMES
    eetimes.com

    eetimes.com

  • GS logo
    Reference 34
    GS
    gs.statcounter.com

    gs.statcounter.com

  • EDGECORTIX logo
    Reference 35
    EDGECORTIX
    edgecortix.com

    edgecortix.com

  • JONPEDDIE logo
    Reference 36
    JONPEDDIE
    jonpeddie.com

    jonpeddie.com

  • NINTENDO logo
    Reference 37
    NINTENDO
    nintendo.co.jp

    nintendo.co.jp

  • STORE logo
    Reference 38
    STORE
    store.google.com

    store.google.com

  • AZURE logo
    Reference 39
    AZURE
    azure.microsoft.com

    azure.microsoft.com

  • BROADCOM logo
    Reference 40
    BROADCOM
    broadcom.com

    broadcom.com

  • ESPRESSIF logo
    Reference 41
    ESPRESSIF
    espressif.com

    espressif.com

  • NEWS logo
    Reference 42
    NEWS
    news.lenovo.com

    news.lenovo.com

  • COMMUNITY logo
    Reference 43
    COMMUNITY
    community.arm.com

    community.arm.com

  • INTEL logo
    Reference 44
    INTEL
    intel.com

    intel.com

  • PR logo
    Reference 45
    PR
    pr.tsmc.com

    pr.tsmc.com

  • FUJITSU logo
    Reference 46
    FUJITSU
    fujitsu.com

    fujitsu.com

  • MARVELL logo
    Reference 47
    MARVELL
    marvell.com

    marvell.com

  • RENESAS logo
    Reference 48
    RENESAS
    renesas.com

    renesas.com

  • GRAPHCORE logo
    Reference 49
    GRAPHCORE
    graphcore.ai

    graphcore.ai

  • UBUNTU logo
    Reference 50
    UBUNTU
    ubuntu.com

    ubuntu.com

  • SIFIVE logo
    Reference 51
    SIFIVE
    sifive.com

    sifive.com

  • ANDROID-DEVELOPERS logo
    Reference 52
    ANDROID-DEVELOPERS
    android-developers.googleblog.com

    android-developers.googleblog.com

  • ORACLE logo
    Reference 53
    ORACLE
    oracle.com

    oracle.com

  • CRAFT logo
    Reference 54
    CRAFT
    craft.co

    craft.co

  • SOFTBANK logo
    Reference 55
    SOFTBANK
    softbank.jp

    softbank.jp

  • CHROMEUNBOXED logo
    Reference 56
    CHROMEUNBOXED
    chromeunboxed.com

    chromeunboxed.com

  • DPREVIEW logo
    Reference 57
    DPREVIEW
    dpreview.com

    dpreview.com

  • MI logo
    Reference 58
    MI
    mi.com

    mi.com

  • VIVO logo
    Reference 59
    VIVO
    vivo.com

    vivo.com

  • SYNERGY logo
    Reference 60
    SYNERGY
    synergy.com

    synergy.com

  • INFINEON logo
    Reference 61
    INFINEON
    infineon.com

    infineon.com

  • ROCK-CHIPS logo
    Reference 62
    ROCK-CHIPS
    rock-chips.com

    rock-chips.com

  • ALLWINNERTECH logo
    Reference 63
    ALLWINNERTECH
    allwinnertech.com

    allwinnertech.com

  • TI logo
    Reference 64
    TI
    ti.com

    ti.com

  • ADLINKTECH logo
    Reference 65
    ADLINKTECH
    adlinktech.com

    adlinktech.com

  • ADVANTECH logo
    Reference 66
    ADVANTECH
    advantech.com

    advantech.com

  • ASAHILINUX logo
    Reference 67
    ASAHILINUX
    asahilinux.org

    asahilinux.org

  • BIRENTECH logo
    Reference 68
    BIRENTECH
    birentech.com

    birentech.com

  • CAMBRICON logo
    Reference 69
    CAMBRICON
    cambricon.com

    cambricon.com

  • DEBIAN logo
    Reference 70
    DEBIAN
    debian.org

    debian.org

  • OPEN logo
    Reference 71
    OPEN
    open.eucalyptus.com

    open.eucalyptus.com

  • FEDORAPROJECT logo
    Reference 72
    FEDORAPROJECT
    fedoraproject.org

    fedoraproject.org

  • HPE logo
    Reference 73
    HPE
    hpe.com

    hpe.com