Electronics

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, insiders have reported that ARM, a chip design company under SoftBank Group, will collaborate with manufacturing partners to develop its own semiconductors, seeking to attract new customers and drive the company's growth after an IPO expected to be completed later this year.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, this will be the most advanced chip manufacturing project in ARM's history. In the past, ARM sold its blueprint designs to chip manufacturers instead of directly participating in semiconductor development and production. It is reported that ARM has previously developed some test chips with partners such as Samsung Electronics and TSMC, with the main purpose of familiarizing software developers with the new products. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

Recently, several industry executives revealed to the media that ARM has started work on its own chip in the past six months, which is "more advanced than before". According to insiders, ARM has established a new "Solution Engineering" team responsible for leading the development of new prototype chips. The department is led by Kevork Kechichian, a senior figure in the chip industry who joined ARM management in February. He has previously worked at chip manufacturers Enzip Semiconductor and Qualcomm, as reported by Huacheng Import and Export Data Watch.

ARM holds a position as the 'Switzerland' in the semiconductor industry, selling designs to almost all mobile device chip manufacturers without directly competing with them. This model leads to its products appearing in over 95% of smartphones, with customers including Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Apple.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, comments about ARM chip manufacturing measures have raised concerns in the semiconductor industry that if it produces sufficiently good chips, it may seek to sell products in the future and become a competitor to its customers (such as MediaTek or Qualcomm).

Sources insist that the company has no plans to sell or license the aforementioned products, but is only developing prototypes.