Smartphone Drives Double Digit Growth at ARM

[Guest]

ARM is benefiting from the smartphone craze with more than 2.2 billion ARM chips shipped in the third quarter.

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[joytech22]

2.2 Billion ARM chips?
What? I estimate about 500 million people own at least 3-4 ARM devices in their households. (TV's, Phones, set top boxes etc..)

Times that up.. Err.. I guess that would be about right I think. :| (If you add in the people with 2 or less ARM devices in the household)
Wow, that's a LOT of chips.

 

[doive1231]

But these tablets are selling like hot cakes.

 

[somebodyspecial]

I thought they were bigger. Dwarfed by all the companies who use their tech to make socs etc. Seems like they're charging too little (not that I'm going to complain about a decent priced smartphone if I ever buy one...LOL). Let me know when plans get to all you can eat and I don't have to pay for crap I don't want. Then I'll purchase a smartphone $80-110 a month is retarded. I may cough up for a TING plan shortly but I can wait for Tegra4 easily.

 

[JeanLuc]

[citation][nom]somebodyspecial[/nom]I thought they were bigger. Dwarfed by all the companies who use their tech to make socs etc. Seems like they're charging too little (not that I'm going to complain about a decent priced smartphone if I ever buy one...LOL). Let me know when plans get to all you can eat and I don't have to pay for crap I don't want. Then I'll purchase a smartphone $80-110 a month is retarded. I may cough up for a TING plan shortly but I can wait for Tegra4 easily.[/citation]

They only produce IP they don't actually make anything tangible which means they can make a lot profit from there turnover. Compare the profits ARM are making to what AMD have just announced in their recent earnings call and then it just shows how impressive ARM are doing.

 

[dicfeynman]

an arm in hand is better than two mips in the bush