Products based on Arm CSS are now becoming available, including Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 in the data center and Mediatek’s Dimensity 9400 chip for smartphones. Arm has now more than doubled the number of CSS licenses signed this fiscal year. Our new CSS licensees intend to develop chiplets for data center servers and chips for future generations of smartphone application processors.
Arm’s ecosystem of software and design partners is unprecedented. Arm's ecosystem of more than 2000万 software developers is the largest compute ecosystem in the world. We continue to increase investment in our ecosystem across all market segments. More Arm software developers drives more demand for the Arm compute platform, which creates a virtuous cycle of demand.
Arm is furthering our software ecosystem by integrating Arm tools into GitHub CoPilot to help software engineers develop new code. With the help of Copilot’s AI-powered code suggestions, GitHub's estimated more than 10000万 users can write, test, and optimize code faster for Arm-based chips. GitHub studies indicate developers code 55% faster with GitHub CoPilot.
AI everywhere is driving growth across our entire ecosystem. Partners require more compute for the AI models of today and tomorrow in the most energy-efficient solutions. Robust demand is driving partners to reduce chip development times. Arm’s ability to offer solutions to these challenges from the cloud to the edge and from CPU to GPU should power growth in the world’s most popular compute ecosystem for decades to come.
“Demand for our high-performance Armv9 and CSS compute platforms continues to exceed expectations, and to accelerate our licensing and royalty revenue growth,” said Rene Haas, CEO. "AI everywhere is generating new opportunities for the Arm compute platform from the cloud to the edge.”
•根据GAAP的有效税率益处为 67.2%, GAAP净收益为1.07亿美元。 美国通用会计原则 fully diluted earnings per share ("EPS") was $0.10 compared with $(0.11) in the same period a year ago. The non-GAAP effective tax rate expense was 5.6% and would have been 13.5% excluding a one-time benefit. Non-GAAP net income was $317 million, and non-GAAP fully diluted EPS was $0.30 compared with $0.36 in the same period a year ago.
•Free cash flow (FCF) for Q2 was $(65) million and for the trailing twelve months was $475 million. FCF for both periods was impacted by unfavorable movements in working capital related to deal specific payment structures and the timing of payments for employer taxes.
•Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $2,358 million.
1 See the "Royalty technology mix" section on page 8 for more information.
每季度,我们跟踪与我们的客户以及通过Arm China签订的所有拥有的Arm Total Access和Arm Flexible Access许可证的数量。我们相信随著时间的流逝,众多客户将转换为Arm Total Access或Arm Flexible Access许可证以获得我们产品的访问权。透过这种转换,我们和我们的客户可以将更少的精力放在合同谈判上,而更多集中于我们的产品如何在客户未来的芯片中部署。
我们将拥有的Arm Total Access和Arm Flexible Access许可证数量视为关键绩效指标,因为它们代表我们与客户之间日益增加的合作,这可能是设计更多应用我们产品的芯片的领先指标,进而为未来产生更多的营业收入,改善我们的长期市场份额。
年化合同价值("ACV")
每季度,我们跟踪与我们的客户以及通过Arm China签订的授权协议相关的ACV,根据与Arm China根据知识产权授权协议分享的总授权费用进行计算。我们将ACV定义为对所有被视为在每个报告期最后一天活动的所有签署协议的年化承诺费用的总计,不包括任何可能的未来营业收入。Arm Total Access协议和ALA被认为是活动的,并根据合同年限进行年化。其他任何许可协议,包括在Arm Flexible Access协议或技术许可协议下发放的单次使用和有限使用许可证,根据我们的客户的历史授权模式被认为是活动的,并根据三年的时间进行年化。由Arm China分享的总授权费也被认为是活动的,并根据三年的时间进行年化。
management internally to make operating decisions, including those related to analyzing operating expenses, evaluating performance, and performing strategic planning and annual budgeting. We believe that the presentation of our non-GAAP financial measures, when viewed holistically, is helpful to investors in assessing the consistency and comparability of our performance in relation to prior periods and facilitates comparisons of our financial performance relative to our competitors, particularly with respect to competitors that present similar non-GAAP financial measures in addition to their GAAP results.
Non-GAAP financial measures are presented for supplemental information purposes only, should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may not align with similar financial measures presented by our competitors, which may limit the ability of investors to assess our performance relative to certain peer companies.
Non-GAAP financial measures presented herein exclude acquisition-related intangible asset amortization, share-based compensation ("SBC") cost associated with equity-classified awards where our intent is to issue equity upon vesting (in lieu of cash settlement), employer taxes related to SBC equity-classified awards, net of the research and development ("R&D") tax incentives associated with these taxes, one-time employee benefit related to the Arm Limited All Employee Plan 2019 (“2019 AEP”), costs associated with disposal activities, impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring and related costs, public company readiness costs, other operating income (expenses), net, (income) loss from equity method investments, gain on disposal of business, and income tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments. We exclude these items from our non-GAAP financial measures because they are non-cash or non-recurring in nature, or because the amount and timing of these items is unpredictable and not driven by core results of operations, which renders comparisons with prior periods and competitors less meaningful.
投资者应该将非通用会计准则财务指标与其他财务表现指标一同考虑,包括营业利润、净利润和我们的其他通用会计原则(GAAP)结果。有关我们使用这些指标的更多信息以及与最直接可比的GAAP财务指标的调解,请参阅“—GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation”。
(1) Total SBC cost, including both cash and equity settled awards, was $676 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. For non-GAAP purposes, we adjusted for those awards that were liability-classified prior to the IPO but were equity settled after the IPO. Liability-classified awards were remeasured at the end of each reporting period through the date of settlement to ensure that the expense recognized for each award was equivalent to the amount paid in cash or equity settled after the IPO.
(2) Non-GAAP net income includes $3 million of employer taxes related to SBC, net of the R&D tax incentives and the associated $5 million of income tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments which has been recast across historical periods for trend purposes.
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GAAP转换为非GAAP调解(续)
(未经查核)
以下是非GAAP自由现金流量与最直接可比的GAAP现金流量调解:
截至9月30日的三个月
截至9月30日止六个月,
(以百万为单位)
2024
2023
2024
2023
营运活动提供之(或使用之)净现金
$
6
$
227
$
(284)
$
113
调整后:
购买不动产和设备
(53)
(34)
(82)
(60)
购买无形资产
(7)
(13)
(16)
(13)
支付无形资产债务
(11)
(11)
(31)
(21)
非通用会计自由现金流
$
(65)
$
169
$
(413)
$
19
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前瞻性陈述
This shareholder letter contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, beliefs, expectations and current views with respect to, among other things, future events and financial performance. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. There are many factors that could cause or contribute to such differences, including, but not limited to, those identified below and those discussed in “在此刊载的财务基本报表的讨论与分析内容,可能带有包括未来事件与财务表现的计划、信念、期望及现况在内的前瞻性陈述。这些陈述牵涉到已知及未知的风险、不确定因素及其他重要因素,可能导致我们的实际结果、活动范围、绩效或成就与这些陈述所表达或暗示的资讯有实质不同。 「” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on May 29, 2024.
This shareholder letter contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking statements, including without limitation, statements relating to our future operations, results of operations and other matters that are based on our current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “is/are likely to,” “intend,” “plan,” “objective,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “target,” “continue,” “ongoing” or similar words or phrases, or the negative of these words or phrases. The inclusion of forward-looking statements in this shareholder letter should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved or that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. The forward-looking statements included in this shareholder letter are based on management’s current beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future economic performance, considering the information currently available to management. While we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete. Accordingly, there are, or will be, important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. All such factors are difficult to predict, represent uncertainties that may materially affect actual results and may be beyond our control. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of each such risk factor on the Company. Any forward-looking statement in this shareholder letter speaks only as of the date hereof, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this shareholder letter except as required by applicable law. If one or more risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from what we may have expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. We caution that you should not place undue reliance on any of our forward-looking statements.