Arm plans to restructure in China, lay off more than 70 engineers

According to Bloomberg’s report at noon today, Beijing time, people familiar with the matter said that Arm has recently laid off more than 70 software engineers in China, and has adjusted some positions to regions outside Asia

One of the sources, who did not want to be identified, revealed that about 15 of the laid-off employees will be assigned to work on China-related projects. Another person, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the positions being eliminated are currently being "filled" by contract software engineers who have worked on projects involving Arm's global operations. Arm said in a statement, "To ensure that the Chinese software ecosystem can take full advantage of Arm's performance and functionality,

Arm is reorganizing its software engineering resources in China to focus on local Direct developer support is available on

.”Arm outsourced support for Chinese customers to Arm China through a division called Global Services, which at one point had nearly 200 employees. People familiar with the matter said

employees in the unit would be laid off or relocated

, but Arm did not respond to requests for comment. In November, Arm’s Chief Financial Officer Jason Child told analysts that China’s contribution to Arm’s global sales fell from 25% to about 20% as other regions grew faster.

According to previous reports on this site, Reuters quoted news in February this year that Arm’s Chinese joint venture ARM Technology announced at that time that it would lay off 90-95 people in order to cope with this year’s challenging business prospects. Two sources said that the

employees who were laid off were mainly engineers

in the R&D department. Before the layoffs, Arm China had about 700 employees, one of the sources said.

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