ARM Holdings plc · Cambridge United Kingdom ·(London: ARM)(NASDAQ (GS): ARMH)

This Anglo-American company gives microprocessors a shot in the ARM. ARM Holdings develops and licenses microprocessors based on reduced instruction set computing (RISC) -- a chip architecture that allows several tasks to be processed simultaneously. More than 200 chip makers, including Intel, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba Semiconductor, license ARM's intellectual property designs to make their own processors for use in products such as digital TVs, handheld computers, mobile phones, and set-top boxes. ARM also provides related application and development software, as well as complementary services. Customers outside Europe account for more than 80% of sales. To read the full description, subscribe now.