Young at heart of Arm move to drive future of AI compute

Young Sohn chairs the Board of HARMAN, is a senior adviser at Samsung Electronics, a member of the Board at Cadence and founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst.

He brings deep experience in the semiconductor industry spanning business development, investment strategy and sustainability as Arm continues to drive growth across key markets and provides the foundational computing platforms for the AI era.

Arm CEO Rene Haas explained: “The depth of experience that Young brings will be invaluable to Arm as we continue to diversify our business and work to address the very real and complex computing challenges in the age of AI.

“Young has a fantastic track record from a long career of leadership positions at some of the world’s most important semiconductor companies, and I look forward to working closely with him as we continue to define the future of computing.”

Young Sohn added: “Having previously served on the Arm Board my long history with the company has provided unique perspective into how critical Arm technology is to the world that relies on it.

“The Arm compute platform will be central to future innovation, particularly in AI, and I look forward to being part of the team that will drive the future of compute.”

In addition, Tony Fadell will continue to support Arm after being formally named as a strategic adviser enabling the company to benefit directly from his extensive industry knowledge and experience.

Young Sohn is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose passion is building businesses and fostering emerging technologies that have the potential to transform the world for the better.

Recently he served as corporate president and chief strategy officer of Samsung Electronics where he led strategy for global innovation, investment, new business creation, and led the company’s $8 billion acquisition of HARMAN International.

Prior to joining Samsung, he worked in Silicon Valley building and scaling businesses in core technologies including semiconductors and storage where he served as chief executive of Oak Technologies, Avago (then known as Agilent), and Inphi. Under his leadership as CEO or board member, he took PLX Technologies, Synnex Technologies, and Inphi public.

He also co-founded the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges.

Arm now has 20 million software developers in its planet-wide ecosystem.