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# Profits jump at iPhone chipmaker Arm
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## Arm Holdings, the unsung British microchip designer behind the success of
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Apple's iPhone and the rest of the world's smartphones, has reported a near
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doubling of first quarter profits.
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By Rupert Neate 2:10PM BST 27 Apr 2010
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[Comments][1]
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The Cambridge company, which designs microchips for 98pc of the world's mobile
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phones, said a record 1.4bn of its chips were shipped in the three months to
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the end of March, **[helping push pre-tax profits up 98pc to £26m][2]** on
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sales up 20pc to $143m (£92m).
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**ARM Holdings**
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Warren East, chief executive, said: "We've reported record volumes, record
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revenue and record profits, it's a pretty good start to the year."
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Mr East said the inexorable rise of smartphones, such as the iPhone,
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BlackBerries and phones running Google's Android operating system, were the
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main drivers behind the company's success.
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"The trend towards smartphones has continued, and continued throughout the
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downturn," he said. "The smarter they get the more ARM technology they
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require."
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He said the average smartphone contains three or more ARM processors, and
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generates the company about six-times the royalty it collects from standard
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mobiles.
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## Related Articles
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* [ARM launches new 'eagle' chip to power 'super smartphones'][3]
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10 Sep 2010
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* [ARM Holdings takes a bite of the right Apple][4]
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28 Jan 2010
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Smartphone sales increased by 24pc last year, while the overall mobile market
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remained flat, according to research by Gartner. Analysts expect that
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smartphones will account for 70pc of all phones sold in Europe by 2012.
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ARM is also benefiting from the increasing adoption of mobile phone technology
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in other electronic devices, notably Apple's new iPad personal computer. Mr
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East said he was "very excited" about the iPad, which is due to launch in the
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UK at the end of May, because it may revoluitonsie the whole personal
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computing market.
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"The iPhone acted as a great stimulus to encourage competitors to develop
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products to beat the iPhone," he said. "The iPad looks like it has set the
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competitive bar again, and will stimulate people to do a lot of other creative
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things."
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Mr East dismissed rumours that Apple may be planning a £3bn takeover of the
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company.
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Adrien Bommelaer, analyst at PiperJaffray, said: "ARM's first quarter results
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were well above expectations and even better than was reported so far in the
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semiconductor sector."
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The shares, which have doubled in the past year, were trading 2.2p lower at
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256.4p in lunchtime trading.
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