I love how ARM's killer feature of low power consumption came completely by accident. [1] ACORN designed ARM as a desktop processor with good memory bandwidth,

I love how ARM's killer feature of low power consumption came completely by accident. [1] ACORN designed ARM as a desktop processor with good memory bandwidth, and only discovered its energy efficiency when a prototype continued running without a power supply from signal input voltages. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jOJl8gRPyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jOJl8gRPyQ