CAMBRIDGE, England, October 3 /PRNewswire/ --     To address the rise in consumer demand for access to the Internet and
advanced applications on larger display mobile devices, ARM ((LSE: ARM);
(Nasdaq: ARMHY)) and six companies today announced a collaboration that will
result in the development of a Linux-based open source platform for
next-generation mobile applications. The collaboration, announced at the
fourth annual ARM(R) Developers' Conference being held this week in Santa
Clara, California, builds on the ARM architecture and its rich ecosystem of
Partners to deliver a standards-base platform based on Linux. This group of
companies are all working to accelerate the enablement of truly always on,
connected mobile computing (CMC) devices.

By releasing the new platform into the open source community, the new
platform will be naturally adopted by ARM's large ecosystem of software and
silicon vendors, including Marvell, MontaVista, Movial, Mozilla, Samsung, and
Texas Instruments.

This effort between ARM and its Partners focuses on the development of an
open source platform based on Linux, Gnome Mobile and Mozilla Firefox that
runs on ARM Partners' advanced systems on chip (SoCs). The collaboration
strengthens ARM's well-established OS and browser ecosystem, while leveraging
the ability of ARM Partners to quickly bring products and technologies with
compelling graphics, video, multimedia and internet capabilities to
consumers.

Time-to-market is critical, competition is fierce and consumers'
expectation for an always on Internet experience on mobile devices continues
to increase. This group addresses the technology challenges and
time-to-market requirements that are essential in the development of
differentiated Connected Mobile Computing (CMC) devices including but not
limited to battery life, software integration and Web browsing capabilities.

"Today's consumers are very knowledgeable about technology, want to be
connected to the Internet and access multimedia content and applications
anywhere, at anytime, yet they do not want to be restricted by short battery
life and inadequate features that will limit their experiences," said Mike
Inglis, executive vice president, Sales and Marketing, ARM. "By stepping up
the collaboration among key stakeholders in the mobile market, we will be
able to jointly deliver the devices and applications with the cutting-edge
innovation consumers have come to expect."

"The market for ultra mobile devices is expected to grow at over a 20
percent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) through the next decade driven
by new communications standards, content rich data provided over the
Internet, new usage models, and new business models," commented Jim McGregor,
research director of the Enabling Technologies, In-Stat. "A critical
component of success in this market will be building on industry standards
that promote innovation in silicon, systems, and most importantly, software
solutions. Through open standards and growing industry support, Linux
naturally promotes such innovation."

ARM will demonstrate multiple Partners' reference boards running the
Linux Mobile Computing Platform in the Mobile Computing Pavilion (booth 701)
at the ARM Developers' Conference. ARM and its Partners plan to release a
full platform in early 2008 and bring devices to the market in early 2009.
The platform is subject to open source licensing terms and the collaboration
is expected to deliver additional projects over time.

About ARM

ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital
products, from mobile, home and enterprise solutions to embedded and emerging
applications. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC
microprocessors, data engines, graphics processors, digital libraries,
embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as
analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the
company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that
offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies.
More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. All other brands or product
names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to
represent ARM Holdings plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the
regional subsidiaries ARM Inc.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan Limited;
ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium N.V.; AXYS
Design Automation Inc.; ARM Germany GmbH; ARM Embedded Technologies Pvt.
Ltd.; and ARM Norway, AS.

SUPPORTING PARTNER QUOTES

"Marvell is a longtime ARM Partner, committed to enabling the ARM
instruction set architecture for high-end, portable Linux-based devices,"
said Sam Arditi, senior vice president and general manager, Cellular and
Handheld Business Group, Marvell. "Marvell's architecture license of the
ARMv5, v6 and v7 instruction sets has allowed us to deliver hundreds of
millions of custom microprocessors to our customers that can be found in a
vast variety of products including storage devices, WLAN, smartphones, and
other communications/networking devices."

"Millions of ARM and MontaVista technology-based mobile devices are in
use around the world every day, showing that ARM is with us at the forefront
of advances in connected mobile devices," said Jim Ready, CTO and founder of
MontaVista Software, Inc. "We are excited to apply what we have learned from
deploying our commercial-quality, field-proven MontaVista Mobilinux 5.0
operating system-which supports ARM processors-to help the formation of the
Linux Mobile Computing Platform."

"We are pleased that ARM is building on our open technology to deliver
the complete Web experience on new types of devices," said Mike Shaver, chief
evangelist, Mozilla. "Making an open source, standards-based platform
available for mobile devices will spur innovation and enhance access to the
Internet for millions of people."

"Movial is delighted to support ARM's significant push to improve the
mobile Internet experience through the development of a standards-based open
source platform for next-generation mobile applications," said Tomi Rauste,
president, Movial Creative Technologies Inc. "Device manufacturers now have a
highly-maintainable software platform with which they can easily create new
products, speeding time-to-market and the ability to deliver on consumer
expectations."

"Samsung intends to offer the industry's most advanced mobile platform
devices to enable a truly mobile internet experience with seamless
connectivity to life-enhancing services for consumers," said Yiwan Wong, VP
of Marketing, System LSI Division, Semiconductor Business, Samsung
Electronics. "An important step in the creation of this mobile platform is to
make common software frameworks available that facilitate third-party
software developers to deliver value-added applications for future mobile
computing devices. Samsung is, therefore, excited about, and supportive of,
the development of the Linux Mobile Computing Platform.

"The emergence of a new class of web-centric mobile devices is
inevitable. With the OMAP3430 processor, we support solutions with PC-like
performance coupled with low-power multimedia engines and the connectivity
capabilities of a Smartphone," said Avner Goren, Texas Instruments. "The
Linux Mobile Computing Platform provides a software framework that is easily
leveraged by both device manufacturers and our rich ecosystem of application
developers. Our support of this partnership will help to bring these new
devices to the market more quickly and accelerate the creation of exciting
new applications and services."