Right now ARM has 200 semiconductor licensees and 900 partners supporting ARM in some way, such as providing design tools so that companies can design custom chips around its cores.

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"ARM and our partners have a long history of working with, and supporting, open source software development for complex SoCs based on the ARM architecture, " said Warren East, ARM CEO.

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Accenture Development Partnerships, which is our special arm of our consulting organization dedicated to supporting the NGO sector, is supporting this program and I am looking forward to tracking its progress.

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