ARM Acquires Infinite Designs.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CAMBRIDGE, UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000

ARM (LSE:ARM) (Nasdaq:ARMHY) today announced it has purchased the business and assets of Infinite Designs Limited, a private limited company based in Sheffield, UK. A nine-person design services house, Infinite Designs provides system-on-chip (SoC) solutions to OEMs for a wide range of applications including advanced signal processing wireless and multimedia solutions.

"The acquisition of Infinite Designs will provide ARM with additional engineering resource, particularly in the key areas of SoC design and verification," said Warren East, vice president of Operations for ARM. "Acting as an ARM Design Center, the Infinite Designs design team will also offer ARM an excellent base for further expansion."

"ARM has experienced unparalleled success in recent years, making it the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions," said Jonathan Morris, chief executive officer, Infinite Designs Ltd. "The Infinite team has a strong working relationship with ARM which includes past projects for the AMBA bus and other supporting intellectual property, and we are looking forward to contributing toward the continued success of the company."

About ARM

ARM, a leading intellectual property (IP) provider, licenses high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.