Fire Alarm Companies

British chip designer ARM has revealed their accounts for the third quarter of 2012 and show a familiar pattern: ie one double-digit growth in sales (up 20 per percent to 144 GBP 6 million, or approximately U.S. $ 230 million) and profit before tax (22 per cent to ? 68.1 million). According

Reuters

, the company is attributing the recent wave of success for the "raids" in addition to high-growth markets such as smart TVs and microcontrollers. Of course, this is in stark contrast to the traditional x86 PC world where giants like Intel and AMD have been struggling with weak demand.