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I think you’re thinking of PowerPC? To my knowledge, Apple was not involved in any founding of ARM (the company or the ISA). ARM history, according to Wikiped
by jrmg 6y ago
I think you’re thinking of PowerPC?
To my knowledge, Apple was not involved in any founding of ARM (the company or the ISA).
ARM history, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#History
Edit: I guess you could quibble about ‘founding’, but really I’m wrong, and my own link proves it!
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Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. – Arm6
In the late 1980s, Apple Computer and VLSI Technology started working with Acorn on newer versions of the Arm core. In 1990, Acorn spun off the design team into a new company named Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.,[30][31][32] which became Arm Ltd when its parent company, Arm Holdings plc, floated on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ in 1998.[33] The new Apple-Arm work would eventually evolve into the Arm6, first released in early 1992. Apple used the Arm6-based Arm610 as the basis for their Apple Newton PDA
- klelatti 6y agoPlus Apple was a large shareholder (about 45% I think) in Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. The sale of that stake in the late 1990s raised a lot of cash (over $1bn) for Apple when it really needed it.
- toyg 6y ago> Apple used the Arm6-based Arm610 as the basis for their Apple Newton PDA The ironies of history: one of Apple's most infamous failures ended up being the foundation of their later success.
- pjmlp 6y agoIncluding how much JavaScript kind of resembles NewtonScript.
- qweq1231234 6y agoFrom that page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Advanced_RISC_Machines_Ltd._.E2.80.93_Arm6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Advanced_RISC... Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. – Arm6 Die of an Arm610 microprocessor In the late 1980s, Apple Computer and VLSI Technology started working with Acorn on newer versions of the Arm core. In 1990, Acorn spun off the design team into a new company named Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.,[30][31][32] which became Arm Ltd when its parent company, Arm Holdings plc, floated on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ in 1998.[33] The new Apple-Arm work would eventually evolve into the Arm6, first released in early 1992. Apple used the Arm6-based Arm610 as the basis for their Apple Newton PDA.