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Arm community, Jan. 28, 2019 – By the turn of 2019, Arm technologies had shipped in more than 130 billion silicon chips, making the Arm architecture the most widely-deployed advanced instruction set ever. It's a constant source of pride, especially for me as chief Arm architect, as there really isn't a sector – business, industrial or consumer – that Arm chips aren't deployed in today.

But, as we all know, you're only ever as good as your next project - so it's vitally important for us to remain as focused on Year 29 as we were on Year 1. That is particularly true when it comes to security. It never leaves me that the digital world that gives us so much is under constant threat from criminals and other foes looking to do us harm. And with 130 billion chips to care about, you can trust me that my colleagues and I at Arm feel the weight of our responsibility.

The threat to the security of digital systems is constantly-evolving, and Arm has been working with British Government-backed UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) on efforts to enhance homegrown cyber resilience. Its efforts are focused on a Digital Security by Design project backed by UKRI's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The project is the result of a combination of the best practice approaches to security laid out in the Digital Security by Design review in 2018, and extensive discussions with broader industry, academia and government.

Today the project got a major boost with £70million of new Government funding. The intention is to now match-fund that money with additional investment from the UK technology sector.

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