ARM is the leading intellectual property (IP) provider of 32-bit RISC micoprocessor cores. The company licenses high-performance low-cost, power efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provide the comprehensive support required in developing a complete system, including design consulting, development hardware and software. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia, digital consumer and embedded solutions.

Prime:		System-on-Chip Consulting and Design / Physical Design / Software Consultancy and Design / Hardware and Software Training / Re-usable Peripheral IP Development
Subsidiary:		System-on-Chip Modeling / ARM Device Validation / AMBA System Bus Architecture Support
Employees:		>400

	PLD		FPGA		Masked ASIC
	Microcontroller		Other

Automotive, Embedded, Wireless, Imaging, Security, Storage, Networking, Hard Disk Drive, Multimedia and Industrial

PC Based:		Other:	YES
Details:	ARM operates a wide range of Sun Sparc station based tools including Compass, Modeltech, Synopsys, Cadence and Epic.