Growth in casual and online gaming is strong and accelerating, driven by growing adoption of mobile computing and social networks.

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As we move into an ever more connected world of mobile computing, cloud-based networks and the Internet-of-Things, Arm is seeing increased demand for its high performance and low-power technology.

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Silicon Valley is also home to a new generation of enterprise software startups harnessing momentum in cloud services, social networks, mobile computing and big data to introduce fundamentally new ways for businesses to do just about everything.

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One outcome of unrelenting data growth in datacenters and mobile networks has been the accelerated adoption of cloud computing.

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