Mobile devices are applications designed with ARM technology, which are battery powered. ARM licensable solutions have become the de facto standard for this industry, powering the majority mobile manufactured devices.

• Built-in architecture extensions - more efficient processing of algorithms to save CPU overhead, memory and power; 
     - Thumb®2 - Greatly improved code density 
     - DSP - signal process directly in the RISC core 
     - Jazelle® - Java acceleration; 
     - TrustZone™ - Hardware/Software environment for maximum security
• Core performance - Through a wide range of functionality and power, parts running from 1MHz to 1 GHz with architectural performance enhancements for media and Java.
• Tools of choice – ARM has the widest range of hardware and software tools support of any 32 bit architecture.
• Low power consumption – ARM microprocessor solutions offer the industries lowest power consumption and MIPS per Watt. These enable long battery life with very advanced features.
     - Intelligent Energy Management (IEM) technology can reduce processor energy consumption from 25% to 50% - making them ideal for cell-phone, PDA, hand-held game and other mobile devices.
• Low cost of silicon – ARM processors and other IP products make efficient use of silicon and memory to align with the economics of wireless devices. Architectural features such as Thumb® and Thumb-2 core technology reduce code size for minimal footprint and silicon cost.
• Wide support - ARM is the best supported microprocessor architecture available. A wide range of OS, Middleware and tools support an extensive choice of multimedia codec solutions optimized for ARM processors, are available from the ARM Connected Community.