Recently, the annual integrated circuit industry event ICCAD-Expo 2025 was grandly held in Chengdu. In addition to the continuous flow of people confirming the popularity of this industry, the "AI Arm CHINA" poster hanging high at the entrance of the exhibition by AnMou Technology Arm China also successfully attracted visitors to stop and take a look.

 

 

Undoubtedly, with the joint promotion of the industrial chain, artificial intelligence has been completely ignited in recent years. Whether it's Nvidia's $5 trillion or AMD, Broadcom, and others' rapid progress, they all prove this point. But as we can see, artificial intelligence is not limited to the cloud, and there is also great potential for end-to-end artificial intelligence.

 

Mr. Chen Feng, CEO of Arm China at AnMou Technology, also pointed out in his speech at the ICCAD-Expo 2025 Summit that AI is ubiquitous, whether in mobile phones PC、 AI has already appeared in cars, robots, and the Internet of Things. In light of this, Arm China, which has inherited Arm's profound technological accumulation and rich ecosystem, has made a decision to fully invest in AI.

 

Following the trend, AI Arm China

 

As is well known, Arm is an important component of the global chip ecosystem. Arm, with its high performance and low power consumption advantages, has become an important player in embedded, mobile, intelligent automotive, and data center fields.

 

Mr. Chen Feng also shared in his speech: "From infrastructure to mobile terminals, from smart cars to robots, the Arm computing platform provides the cornerstone of computing power for various industries. ”He pointed out that the cumulative shipment of chips based on the Arm architecture has exceeded 325 billion, and Arm has an ecosystem of over 22 million developers worldwide. The synergy between technology and ecology is driving the implementation of AI in all aspects.

 

From this, it can be seen that Arm is arguably the strongest computing platform in the world to date. "Armo China will closely connect with the global ecology of Armo, deeply cultivate local innovation in China, take AI (love) as the cultural core, focus on AI continuous innovation, and work together with industry to create the future of AI. ”Mr. Chen Feng emphasized.

 

Driven by this decision, AnMou Technology Arm China has anchored a new "AI Arm CHINA" strategy.

 

Familiar readers know that around artificial intelligence, the current market for training is mainly dominated by NVIDIA GPUs and ASICs from several major cloud vendors. But in the vast end side AI market, there are various options available, including in memory computing solutions, 3D DRAM solutions, and NPU solutions.

 

Based on the company's technological accumulation, Arm China has launched the "Zhouyi" NPU platform to provide extensive support for end-to-end AI applications. What is the "Book of Changes"? According to Arm China of Anmou Technology, it originates from the "Lin" hexagram in the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes, which means to be on the front line, to be great, to follow the trend of AI, and to achieve great things. Adapting to the ever-changing world with ultimate AI intelligence is in line with the upcoming era of end-to-end AI explosion.

 

As one of the earliest companies in China to engage in NPU IP research and development, Arm China NPU from Anmou Technology can be traced back to 2018. The team has full stack end-to-end research and development capabilities and can provide complete solutions and services covering hardware, software, tools, etc. As a core strategic product of the company, the "Zhouyi" NPU IP has been continuously invested and optimized. Currently, it has launched 6 generations of products, providing model support from CNN to both CNN and Transformer. It is widely used in infrastructure, intelligent vehicles, mobile terminals, AIoT and other fields.

 

The newly released "Zhouyi" X3 by the company is the culmination of these long-term technological accumulations. By adopting a new DSP+DSA architecture specifically designed for large models and shifting from fixed-point to floating-point computing, the "Zhouyi" X3 NPU IP has achieved comprehensive optimization in Tensor computing, Vector programmability, and other aspects, enabling it to flexibly respond to various complex AI algorithms and provide broad support for multiple application scenarios.

 

With this series of NPUs, coupled with the rich product line and ecosystem previously built, Arm China of AnMou Technology has sufficient capital to lead the Chinese chip industry into the era of AI.

 

Moving forward together, helping China's intelligent computing leap forward

 

When talking about the company's mission, Mr. Chen Feng clearly stated that the Chinese market is the strategic foothold of Arm China of AnMou Technology. Under the guidance of "AI Arm CHINA", the company is also making every effort to promote the integration of Arm's global ecosystem and locally developed IP innovation, deeply empowering the development of China's AI computing ecosystem.

 

As mentioned above, in addition to the Zhouyi NPU, Arm China also independently developed the "Xingchen" CPU, "Shanhai" SPU, and "Linglong" multimedia series. These IP product line names that integrate Eastern wisdom fully reflect the company's firm determination to root in the Chinese market.

 

It is worth mentioning that Arm China of AnMou Technology also brought its self-developed third-generation high-efficiency embedded chip IP, the "Star" STAR-MC3 CPU, in September this year. It is reported that the CPU is based on the Arm v8.1-M architecture, which is forward compatible with traditional MCU architecture and integrates Arm Helium technology, significantly improving the performance of the CPU in AI computing. At the same time, it has excellent aspect ratio and energy efficiency ratio, achieving high-performance and low-power design. It is aimed at the AIoT intelligent IoT field, providing core architecture for the main control chip and co processor, and helping customers efficiently deploy end-to-end AI applications.

 

It is reported that as of now, Arm China has over 440 authorized customers in China, with a cumulative chip shipment volume exceeding 42.5 billion. However, Arm China is not satisfied with this. Under the guidance of the "AI Arm CHINA" strategy, the company is advancing its "All in AI" product strategy, continuously increasing investment in the AI field, integrating top research and development resources with a forward-looking perspective, adhering to the concept of open cooperation, and providing industry-leading solutions for semiconductor chip partners.

 

Arm China is still advancing two important layouts, one of which is to establish an international research and development center in Hong Kong, focusing on cutting-edge fields such as AI and robotics, and jointly exploring next-generation AI technology innovation with universities and ecological partners.

 

Specifically, Arm China, based on this research and development center, will combine Arm's cutting-edge technology with global ecological resources to focus on the trend of "AI+semiconductor" technological transformation. On the one hand, it will accelerate the construction and operation of the company's Hong Kong International Research and Development Center, and cultivate high-end semiconductor talents for the local area; On the other hand, by linking upstream and downstream industries such as robotics and AI applications, we can promote collaborative innovation in the industrial chain, help Hong Kong build a more competitive semiconductor industry system and AI ecosystem, and inject vitality into regional economic development.

 

In addition, AnMou Technology Arm China Shanghai Office will be revitalized and settle in the West Coast Smart Tower AI Tower, integrating into the Chinese AI industry cluster and accelerating collaborative innovation in the semiconductor industry chain.

 

"Armo China will give full play to its role as a 'bridge', closely connect with the global ecosystem of Armo, introduce the cutting-edge technologies of Armo in infrastructure, mobile terminals, smart cars, robots and other fields, complement local innovation, and provide rich solutions for China's integrated circuit industry. ”Mr. Chen Feng emphasized.

 

We will build a solid computing foundation and accelerate the transition of China's intelligent computing industry, "Mr. Chen Feng reiterated.

 

In conclusion

 

Since the beginning of embedded systems, Arm architecture has become the mainstream choice in multiple fields, with a market share of up to 99% in the smartphone market. Now, with the rise of Arm PC and Arm's repeated record highs in the smart car and data center markets, Arm architecture has become an indispensable major component in the traditional computing field. That is to say, in all the fields that Arm architecture has ventured into, they have achieved good results. In the past few years, Arm has not fallen behind in the wave of artificial intelligence.

 

Coming to China, the most important market for Arm architecture, the prospects of Arm architecture are also bright under the promotion of Arm China's self-developed IP product lines and deep cultivation of local ecology by AnMou Technology. Now, with the announcement of the "AI Arm China" strategy, AnMou Technology's Arm China is building a perfect closed loop from the traditional computing era to the intelligent computing era.

 

This is undoubtedly a huge benefit for Chinese companies that are making great strides towards the era of intelligence.