Chip design company sees quarterly revenues rise 15% year-on-year

July 26, 2012

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CAMBRIDGE, U.K. -- ARM Holdings plc announces its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and half year ended 30 June 2012.Table 1: ARM Holdings Q2 2012 Financial Summary (IFRS)

Q2 2012

Q2 2011

Revenue ($m)

213.0

190.2

Revenue (�m)

135.5

117.8

Operating margin

37.8%

27.1%

Profit before tax (�m)

54.8

33.8

Earnings per share (pence)

2.83

1.93

Source: ARM Holdings





Table 2: ARM Holdings H1 2012 Financial Summary (IFRS)

H1 2012

H1 2011

Revenue ($m)

422.4

375.7

Revenue (�m)

268.0

233.9

Operating margin

37.2%

26.1%

Profit before tax (�m)

106.2

64.2

Earnings per share (pence)

5.53

3.51

Source: ARM Holdings





Progress on key growth drivers in Q2

  • Growth in adoption of ARM processor technology
    - 23 processor licenses signed across key target markets from microcontrollers to mobile computing
    - ARM’s momentum in networking continues with an ARMv8 architecture license for intelligent networking applications, and Freescale announcing their first ARM-processor based chips for network infrastructure

  • Growth in shipments of chips based on ARM processor technology
    - 2.0 billion chips shipped into a wide range of applications, up 9% year-on-year compared with industry shipments being down 4%
    - Processor royalties grew 14% year-on-year compared with a decline in industry revenues of 7%

  • Growth in outsourcing of new technology
    - 3 Mali graphics processor licenses signed in Q2, of which two were with new customers for Mali technology
    - 5 physical IP Processor Optimisation Packs licensed, enhancing ARM’s royalty opportunity per chip

    ARM Ltd.

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