**A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023** Out now: a gripping look at the rise of the microchip and the British tech company behind the blueprint to it all. ''A gripping and inspiring read.'' Sir James Dyson ''A revealing and insightful biography of the company whose blueprints define the digital world.'' Chris Miller, author of CHIP WAR: The Fight for the World''s Most Critical Technology ''[A] sparkly corporate biography.'' Financial Times __________ One tiny device lies at the heart of the world''s relentless technological advance: the microchipToday, these slivers of silicon are essential to running just about any machine, from household devices and factory production lines to smartphones and cutting-edge weaponry. At the centre of billions of these chips is a blueprint created and nurtured by a single company: Arm. Founded in Cambridge in 1990, Arm''s designs have been used an astonishing 250 billion times and countingThe UK''s high-tech crown jewel is an indispensable pa