Noel Hurley

Noel is an experienced founder, chairman, and executive in the world of semiconductors, including leading ARM's CPU group, which accounted for approx $1 billion in revenue under his leadership. He started his career as a chip designer at Philips Semiconductors before joining ARM when it was a small company in Cambridge. He went on to cofound XMOS Semiconductors, a Bristol University spinout. He returned to ARM to run its product marketing before becoming the VP and General Manager of various divisions, including CPUs, Business Segments Group and founded their incubation and strategy group. Noel has also taken on leadership roles at other startups as a board member, including SeaChange.ai and BluWireless, both of which attracted investment from Arm. He is currently a non-executive director at EnSilica plc and CEO of Literal Labs.