Arm debuts its fastest CPUs to date for mobile and ‘internet of things’ devices SHARE Arm Holdings Ltd., the chip designer whose semiconductor blueprints power most smartphones along with countless other devices, today introduced a new generation of central processing units and related components under the Total Compute brand. Total Compute silicon is designed for use in so-called client devices. The term encompasses most of everything from smart home appliances to phones and laptops, though it’s the latter two product categories Arm is primarily emphasizing with the new products. Highlights of the announcement include a high-end CPU with features for predicting future computation results, a faster chip cache module and a series of improved graphics processing units.