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ARM was founded as a joint venture of Apple and VLSI. And Apple was the very first client and used an ARM processor in the Newton—the grandfather of the iPhone.
by solarexplorer 8y ago
ARM was founded as a joint venture of Apple and VLSI. And Apple was the very first client and used an ARM processor in the Newton—the grandfather of the iPhone. So it makes a lot of sense to describe the ARM1 as an ancestor of the iphone’s processor today.
- TickleSteve 8y agoNo, this ARM1 was a product of Acorn Computers IIRC. This was prior to the Apple agreement to create ARM Holdings. Basically, ARM was a spinoff from Apple & Acorn in 1990... ARM1 very much predates this. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/arm/8243162/History-of-ARM-from-Acorn-to-Apple.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/arm/82...
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoARM Holdings was a joint venture between Acorn, Apple and VLSI and was founded in 1990. The ARM concept and CPU were invented by Acorn in 1983. So you're both right, essentially.