ARM is more of a household name for their use in mobile phones but that is just the tip of the iceberg.
I think you underestimate how many ARM chips you have in a single car or delivery truck.
Add to that:
- farming machinery
- construction machinery
- factory line automation
- elevators, escalators
- EV chargers
- fridges, washing machines, ovens
- medical devices such as drug-infusion pumps, ventilators, surgical machinery, etc.
- Auxiliary modules in aeroplanes and shipping containers.
- Infrastructure for Road, Rail, Power Grid with ARM processors running headless embedded systems
- Anything the size of a pebble with bluetooth connectivity uses nordic's nRF chip (which is yet again an ARM chip)
ARM processors are hiding in plain sight in the world all around you.
I understand the point you make, from a business standpoint, on how Tiktok might scale. The thing that is bizarre for me and I agree with the parent's sentiment, is how disconnected the valuation is from the real-world impact and objective _usefulness_ of ARM versus Tiktok.
Edit: bullet points