Re:I love ARM
by simonh on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @08:16AM
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According to that article the joint venture they co-founded was actually ARM.
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>The company was founded in November 1990 as Advanced RISC Machines Ltd and structured as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) and VLSI Technology.
>The new company intended to further the development of the Acorn RISC Machine processor, which was originally used in the Acorn Archimedes and had been selected by Apple for its Newton project.
True, however the joint venture was founded to “further develop” the technology. That means the ARM architecture itself seems to have originated at Acorn, without Apple.
Re:I love ARM
by Followerer on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:54AM
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The point is, originally, Apple were co-owners of Arm (together with Acorn and VLSI).
Yes, that's correct.
The CPU architecture was developed long before the joint venture.
IIRC, it began as an expansion board for the BBC Micro.
This article implies that initial ARM development was undertaken between 1983 - 1985:
https://www.theregister.com/2012/05/03/unsung_heroes_of_tech...