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Hi Pat: Just wondering your opinion is at this time, and looking to the future, on ARM Holdings. Thank you.

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ARM Holdings plc (ADRs), $49.32, symbol ARMH on Nasdaq (ADRs outstanding: 466.4 million; Market cap: $23.5 billion; www.arm.com) designs chips and software for a variety of electronic devices, including cellphones, tablets, network routers, digital cameras and automobile-control systems. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company does not make its chips. Instead, it earns royalties by licensing its technology to makers of electronic products. Its major customers include Qualcomm, Samsung and Nvidia. Apple is also using ARM’s technology in its A7 processors, which power its new iPhone 5S. Intel is challenging ARM’s dominance of the mobile market and has gained momentum in smartphones since introducing its Medfield chips in 2012. Intel is scheduled to roll out its new design, called Silvermont, by the end of this year. That will help it further compete in the mobile chip market. ARM shares have risen 77% from a year ago, when they traded at $28. They now trade at almost 71 times this year’s forecast earnings of $0.70…