ARM splits out its IoT business

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www.eenewseurope.com, Oct. 18, 2022 – 

ARM is restructuring to create a separate business line for the Internet of Things (IoT).

"Personally, I'm a big believer in the benefits of change – change can drive new ideas, challenge the status quo and lead to interesting new ways of working," said Rene Hass, CEO of ARM.

"We have made great progress in both the Automotive and IoT markets, which until now we held under one group. The timing is right to separate these two units as they are both now large independent businesses, and so moving forward we'll have four separate lines of business: Automotive, Client (consumer technology), Infrastructure and IoT," he said.

Dipti Vachani will continue to lead the automotive LoB as Senior Vice President (SVP) and General Manager (GM), while IoT will be a standalone line of business (LoB) now run by Paul Williamson, who will move from heading up the Client business to running the IoT LoB as SVP and GM.

Before leading the Client team, Williamson ran the security, IoT and wireless groups at Arm and has been involved in connected devices since the early days of Bluetooth, developing innovative products for consumer, medical and industrial markets.

Mohamed Awad, who played a key role running the IoT business, will join ARM's Executive Committee and lead the Infrastructure team as SVP and GM of the Infrastructure LoB.

Prior to his focus on IoT and driving the launch of virtual hardware, Awad was part of the leadership team within the infrastructure group, driving ARM's Neoverse product family.

He takes over from Chris Bergey, who becomes SVP and GM of the Client LoB. He has previous experience from Broadcom in the mobile and wireless markets where ARM dominates.

"Five years ago, we made the shift to organize around market segments, and the remarkable growth across each of these lines of business is a testament to that strategy. We remain focused on delivering growth in these markets.," said Haas. "By rotating this incredibly strong leadership team into new positions, we're making room to allow for fresh perspectives, renewed focus and growth opportunities, and setting ARM up for further success at this critical point of the company's growth trajectory.

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