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Arm forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates on AI-driven chip demand
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Fusion42 · 30 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Arm reported strong Q1 results and forecast Q2 revenue above expectations, driven by demand for its power-efficient chip designs in AI data centers. However, its stock fell on news of an expected short-term decline in smartphone royalties.
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◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
Your AI product's core operating cost is now the data centre electricity bill. The hyperscalers are betting on Arm's power-efficient designs to manage this, locking in the architecture that will run your inference workloads for the foreseeable future.
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