According to eeNews, ARM made a profit before tax, with a depreciation of $450 million. ARM licensees have shipped 8 billion ARM based chips, totaling more than 250 billion so far. In the nine months at the end of the year, sales increased by 3.7%.

The performance of such ARM is far better than that of its parent company Softbank Group. In the three months ended December 31, it lost 783.42 billion yen (about 5.9 billion dollars), while its annual profit was about 2.9 billion yen. These losses are mainly due to the poor investment of its Vision Funds subsidiary and other venture capital efforts.

Four strategic victories

ARM's licensing revenue was $300 million, up 65% year on year. The company said that it had signed strategic long-term agreements with four customers - auto OEMs, cloud service providers, leading MCU suppliers and consumer electronics semiconductor suppliers.

The company's royalty revenue was $446 million, up 12% year on year. The ARM-based chips entering the server and car are partly responsible, and the ARMV9 architecture processor used in advanced smart phones and cloud server applications.

Rene Haas, the CEO of ARM, said in a statement: "Global data centers, Internet of Things systems, cars and next-generation consumer devices all need more and more computing power, which has contributed to the long-term demand for ARM technology and innovation."

Softbank said that it was still trying to get ARM listed in fiscal year 2022. Such an IPO can value ARM at about $60 billion, which is crucial for Softbank, which has been struggling in the recent downturn.