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They were - I was on that team. StrongARM came to Intel when it acquired DEC. The CPU was developed thanks to an 'architecture license' from ARM. Intel renamed

by gip 8y ago

They were - I was on that team. StrongARM came to Intel when it acquired DEC. The CPU was developed thanks to an 'architecture license' from ARM. Intel renamed the processor XScale and later sold it to focus on embedded x86. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StrongARM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StrongARM

xenadu02 8y ago
What a brilliant decision that was /s
- MBCook 8y ago
  To be fair that was a year or two before the iPhone and ARM processors took off like a rocket. At the time it was used in PDAs and smartphones, both of which sold in pathetic numbers relative to what was about to happen.