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FYI - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Holdings

Sales and market share[edit]

Arm-based CPU market share in 2010: over 95% in smartphone market; 10% in mobile computers; 35% in digital TVs and set-top boxes; however, Arm did not have any market share in servers and desktop PCs.^[155]The first mobile phone to use an Arm processor was 1997'sNokia 6110mobile phone.

In the fourth quarter of 2010, 1.8 billion chips based on an Arm design were manufactured.^[156]By 2014, over 50 billion chips with Arm cores inside had been produced, 10 billion of which were produced in 2013.^[157]

In May 2012, Dell announced the Copper platform, a server based on Marvell's Arm powered devices.^[158]In October 2012, Arm announced the first set of early licensees of the 64-bit-capable Cortex-A57 processor.^[101]Arm's goal was to have, by 2015, ARM-based processors in more than half of all tablets, mini-notebooks and other mobile PCs sold.^[159]

With Microsoft's ARM-basedWindows 8OS, market research firm IHS predicted that, in 2015, 23% of all the PCs in the world will use ARM processors.^[160]This guess by IHS has since been proven wrong and desktop Windows for ARM didn't arrive until 2018.^[161]As of 2019, up to 150 billion chips with ARM IP have been shipped worldwide.^[88]

Sales of chips containing ARM cores^{[162][163][164][165][166]}

Year	Billion units	Relative size
2017	21.3
2016	17.7
2015	15
2014	12
2013	10
2012	8.7
2011	7.9
2010	6.1
2009	3.9
2008	4.0
2007	2.9
2006	2.4
2005	1.662
2004	1.272
2003	0.782
2002	0.456
2001	0.420
2000	0.367
1999	0.175
1998	0.051
1997	0.009
Total	150[88]