ARM Holdings
www.arm.comSymbol: ARM.L
Currently trading at: 86p DOWN 2.25
ARM Holdings plc is the world's leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier and as such is at the heart of the development of digital electronic products. The continuing evolution of electronic devices becoming more digital and more intelligent has escalated to the extent that the use of IP is now providing the technology foundation for nearly everything electronic in the world today.
The ARM business model involves the designing and licensing of IP rather than the manufacturing and selling of semiconductor chips. ARM licences its IP to a network of Partners, which includes most the world's leading semiconductor and systems companies. These Partners utilise ARM's IP designs to create and manufacture microprocessors, peripherals and system on-chip designs, paying ARM license fee for the original IP and a royalty on every chip or wafer produced. In order to maximise the range of users of ARM products, the Company provides a range of tools, software and system IP to facilitate adoption and incorporation.
With ARM's diversity of IP and broad range of performance features, the world's leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) use semiconductor chips that incorporate ARM's IP in a wide variety of applications ranging from mobile handsets and digital set top boxes to car braking systems and network routers. The 5 key market segments the Company addresses are: 1) Embedded Solutions, 2) Enterprise Solutions, 3) Home Solutions, 4) Mobile Solutions, and 5) Emerging Applications.
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and on NASDAQ (code ARMHY) and is the largest company by market capitalisation with its headquarters in in the Cambridge Cluster
Staff
 Warren East, Chief Executive Officer and DirectorWarren East joined ARM in 1994. He set up ARM's consulting business and was Vice President, Business Operations from February 1998. In October 2000 he was appointed to the board as Chief Operating Officer and in October 2001 was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Before joining ARM he was with Texas Instruments. He is a chartered engineer. |  Mike Muller, Chief Technology Officer & DirectorMike Muller was one of the founders of ARM. Before joining the Company, he was responsible for hardware strategy and the development of portable products at Acorn Computers. He was previously at Orbis Computers. At ARM he was Vice President, Marketing from 1992 to 1996 and Executive Vice President, Business Development until October 2000 when he was appointed Chief Technology Officer. In October 2001, he was appointed to the board. |
 Tim Score, Chief Financial Officer and DirectorTim Score joined ARM as Chief Financial Officer and director in March 2002. Before joining ARM, he was Finance Director of Rebus Group Limited. He was previously Group Finance Director of William Baird plc, Group Controller at LucasVarity plc and Group Financial Controller at BTR plc. He is a non-executive director of National Express Group plc. |  Sir Robin Saxby, Emeritus ChairmanSir Robin Saxby was involved in founding ARM and joined the Company full time in February 1991 as President and Chief Executive Officer, becoming Chairman in October 2001. Prior to ARM, he was with ES2, Motorola Semiconductors and Henderson Security Systems Limited. He has also served as Chairman of the Open Microprocessor Initiative Advisory Group, which advised on collaborative R&D activity within Europe. He holds a BEng in Electronics and is a chartered engineer, Hon FIEE and FREng. He has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Liverpool where he is a visiting professor, has honorary doctorates from Loughborough University and the University of Essex and has received the Faraday Medal of the IEE (Institute of Electrical Engineers). He was knighted in the 2002 New Year\'s Honours List. He currently serves as Deputy President of the IEE, where he is also a trustee and will become President of the IEE in October 2006. He is a non-executive director of Glotel plc. |
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Tel: +44 1223 400940
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