Apple and Arm will remain technology partners for at least 20 years. Apple uses the ARM architecture to build its own chips.

Reuters was able to filter the announcement from a form Arm had submitted for later public disclosure. Arm says the strategic partnership with Apple has been extended beyond 2040. There’s little reason for either company to end the agreement either: Apple uses the ARM architecture to develop chips for iPhones and Macs, and Arm is keeping one of its most lucrative customers on board.

Apple and Arm have long histories in the tech sector, dating back to the British chipmaker’s official founding in 1990. Back then, the iPhone maker was one of the company’s first major shareholders, and a few years later it discontinued an ARM processor for the first time. in the portable computer Newton. ARM-based chips are now found in almost all new products that Apple brings to the market.

initial public offering

Arm is preparing extensively for its IPO. The paperwork is done and the first investors are already queuing up. This includes Apple again, but also Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Samsung and Alphabet, just to name a few big names. The IPO is expected to bring in at least $5 billion, possibly several billion more, for current major shareholder Softbank.