Rene Anthony Andrada Haas
Analyst · David O'Connor, Exane BNP Paribas
Thank you, Jeff, and welcome, everyone. We began fiscal year 2026 with strong momentum, fueled by the insatiable compute demands of AI. From smart centers in homes and factories to the world's most advanced AI supercomputers, AI workloads are being deployed everywhere. This is driving unprecedented demand for compute that's not only performant, but also energy efficient. And Arm is the only compute platform built to deliver AI performance across the full spectrum of power and performance from milliwatts to megawatts. As a result, Q1 was our highest revenue quarter -- second highest revenue quarter at $1.05 billion. Royalty revenue reached $585 million, up 25% year-on-year with strong momentum across all of our end markets. Licensing revenue was $468 million as companies continue to make Arm the AI platform of choice. Custom silicon on Arm is driving unmatched AI scale in the cloud. More than 70,000 enterprises now run AI workloads on Arm Neoverse data center chips, a 40% increase year-on-year and a 14x surge since 2021. Arm Neoverse CPUs now power the most important AI infrastructure in the world, including NVIDIA Grace, AWS Graviton, Google Axion and Microsoft Cobalt, among others. Driven by a performance and efficient compute, for example, NVIDIA Grace Blackwell is 25x more energy efficient than the previous x86-based system. We expect the market share of Arm Neo-based chips to top hyperscalers to reach nearly 50% this year. We are also seeing AI moving to the edge, where the need for local real-time intelligence is enabled by Arm's efficiency and scale. Our compute platform delivers a unique combination of AI performance acceleration and energy efficiency, including the Ethos-U85 NPU for an enhanced image recognition, and our v9 CPUs with a scalable matrix extensions for accelerating language models, which can boost the performance of these models while limiting power and latency overhead. Technology leaders, including Apple, Samsung and MediaTek, are integrating these AI capabilities for faster, more efficient AI on premium smartphones. AI workloads are going local and Arm is making it possible. Our leadership in AI is amplified by our unmatched software developer ecosystem. Over 22 million developers, more than 80% of the global base build on Arm. This ecosystem is a powerful flywheel. More developers means more for software availability, which in turn drives more demand for our compute platform across every market. Our compute subsystems, CSS, are helping customers move faster and the demand has exceeded our expectations. Our first generation of CSS is now in market with 5 customers and is delivering double the royalty of Armv9. We signed 3 additional CSS licenses this quarter with existing CSS customers, including 2 for the data center and 1 for PCs, more than doubling our CSS licenses from a year ago. Recently, Xiaomi launched the XRING O1 and Samsung launched the Galaxy Flip 7 using the Exynos 2500, both based on the latest Arm compute subsystem platform. These subsequent generations of our CSS platforms deliver even greater value functionality and time to market and bring the highest royalty rates we have seen to date. This includes the launch of Zena CSS, a platform optimized for AI-driven automotive workloads like autonomous driving. Also in the quarter, a major smartphone OEM has committed to our GPU platform to accelerate graphics and AI in multiple generations of their flagship smartphones through 2030. Our business relationship with SoftBank has expanded to help them build towards their greater, broader AI vision. We are continuing to explore the possibility of moving beyond our current platform into additional compute to subsystems, chiplets and potentially full-end solutions. To ensure these opportunities are executed successfully, we have accelerated the investment into our R&D. These investments include expanding engineering delivery across multiple levels, adding to the already significant product investments we have made to date. Momentum behind the broad CSS adoption and increased demand for AI compute on Arm are driving a powerful growth trajectory for the company. And with that, I'll hand over to Jason.