Microprocessor manufacturer ARM Holdings, the company behind the big LITTLE technology in the new Exynos 5 Octa processor, has confirmed its new chief executive.
Warren East would retire effective July 1st, after close to 12 years as chief executive and 19 with the company in all, with Simon Segars stepping into the role, currently president of ARM, the company said.
Under East, Holding had become the “foremost designer of semiconductor IP in the world”, ARM Holdings said, providing processor technology for mobile devices and other consumer and industrial electronic devices.
Segars joined the ARM Holdings board in 2005 and had operational responsibility for the company’s IP divisions, it said. Segars had held several executive roles in both the UK and USA, including EVP engineering, working on early ARM processors, and EVP worldwide sales and business development.
East said it had been a privilege to lead the company during a momentous and exciting time for the industry.
“We take a very long-term view about our business, and we believe that now is the right time to bring in new leadership, to execute on the next phase of growth and to plan even further into the future.”
ARM Holdings plc chairman John Buchanan said East had transformed the company during his time as chief executive.
“In 2001 ARM had one processor product line found mainly in mobile phones. Now ARM provides the broadest portfolio of technologies in the industry, used by more than 300 semiconductor customers in nearly 9 billion chips last year.”
During East’s time the company had received royalties for more than 40 billion ARM-based chips, Buchanan said.
