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Re:How ARM got so successful without the public really noticing by scholia on Sunday November 29, 2015 @12:30PM (#10645284)
> I think it went something like Apple needed a chip for the Newton. That begat ARM as an Acorn spin-off.

That's correct: the spin-off from Acorn was part of the deal with Apple (done by John Sculley).

However, ARM had three investors: Acorn, Apple and chip company VLSI Technology Inc (VTI).

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