# Noel Hurley

## Chief Executive Officer

    ![Noel Hurley portrait](https://www.literal-labs.ai/images/staff/noel-hurley-2026-555.webp)

Noel Hurley 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.

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### Select articles by Noel Hurley

A select range of features and articles penned by Noel Hurley can be found below.

**[Next Big Shift in AI with Noel Hurley](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/ai-next-big-thing-2026.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/ai-next-big-thing-2026.html)

**[The future of AI with Noel Hurley](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/noel-hurley-london-futurists-podcast.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/noel-hurley-london-futurists-podcast.html)

**[Literal Labs CEO Talks Logic, Chips, and AI](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/noel-hurley-britchips-podcast.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/noel-hurley-britchips-podcast.html)

**[Call for a 21st Century Industrial Strategy for UK's Tech Ascent](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/uk-2020s-industrial-strategy.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/uk-2020s-industrial-strategy.html)

**[UK's AI Ambitions: Striving Beyond Foreign Investment Shadows](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/british-ai-startups.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/british-ai-startups.html)

**[AI in the UK, its future, the fight for talent, and its regulation](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/uk-ai-startups.html)**

[](https://www.literal-labs.ai/press/uk-ai-startups.html)