COMPANIES · AI CHIPS & NETWORKING
Arm Holdings
Designs CPU architectures and processor technology used in many computing systems.
Designs CPU architectures and processor technology used in many computing systems.
Its low-power CPU architecture underlies NVIDIA's Grace CPU and many other AI-era chips, making it a foundational but largely invisible layer of the stack.
Licenses processor architectures and designs to chipmakers, who pay royalties and licensing fees.
United Kingdom
AI chips and networking. The companies designing the processors, accelerators and networking equipment that do the actual computing behind AI, including GPUs like NVIDIA's, and the high-speed connections that link thousands of them together.
Same-layer peers share an editorial stack classification; that alone does not establish direct competition.
Connections (6)
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Current relationships (5)
Source: 2025-09-30 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Underlying architecture license confirmed valid and ongoing after litigation concluded in Qualcomm's favor
Limits: Confirms the license's validity was upheld in court; does not state royalty rates or the full scope of license terms beyond what was litigated.
Qualcomm Achieves Complete Victory Over Arm in Litigation Challenging Licensing Agreements ↗Source: 2025-08-27 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Acquisition completed August 27, 2025
Limits: This acquisition covers only Arm's Artisan foundation IP business (standard cell libraries, memory compilers, general-purpose I/Os and its engineering team) -- confirmed complete August 27, 2025. It is NOT an acquisition of Arm Holdings as a company, a controlling stake in Arm Holdings, or any equity position in Arm Holdings; Arm Holdings continues to operate independently. The controlled relationship-type field 'Acquired' should be read together with this record's own verb and claim, not in isolation.
Cadence Completes Acquisition of Arm Artisan Foundation IP Business ↗Source: 2025-07-28 · reviewed 2026-09-24
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: A product specification. The Arm cores are embedded in a third-party processor rather than licensed visibly by Frontgrade, so this does not establish a direct commercial agreement with Arm, any royalty terms, volumes or revenue.
Frontgrade Unveils SBC-2A72 with 32GB NAND to Enable High-Performance Edge Computing in Air and Space Platforms ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-17
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Product documented
Limits: Supports technology use, not undisclosed license terms or royalty rates.
NVIDIA CPU platforms product page ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Ongoing; multiple Graviton generations in general availability
Limits: Confirms Graviton is Arm-architecture-based and AWS is a listed Arm partner; does not disclose royalty terms, exclusivity, or unit volumes.
AWS | Arm partner catalog ↗Dated or announced (1)
Source: 2025-10-15 · reviewed 2026-09-24
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating
Limits: An announcement with quotes from both companies. It does not establish how many Neoverse-based servers Meta has deployed, licensing or royalty terms, which chip vendors build the silicon, or that Meta is moving away from x86.
Arm and Meta Deepen Strategic Partnership to Power the Next Era of AI ↗Arm investor relations ↗
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