Discover the unseen force powering your digital world: Arm Holdings plc. This British company doesn’t make devices—it designs the invisible architecture behind over 99% of the world’s smartphones.
Born in 1980s Cambridge, Arm revolutionized the chip industry with a licensing model that made it the Switzerland of semiconductors. Its designs, used by giants like Apple and Samsung, have powered over 300 billion chips through a vast ecosystem of more than 1,000 partners.
Now, Arm is moving beyond mobile—taking on Intel and AMD in data centers and PCs, with AI as the new frontier. Its Neoverse platform and Apple’s M-series success are reshaping high-performance computing.
But threats loom. The rise of open-source RISC-V and growing US-China tech tensions challenge Arm’s future.
This is the story of Arm: from quiet innovator to global tech cornerstone—caught between competition, geopolitics, and the race to lead the AI era.
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