ARM (Acorn RISC Machine) was designed & developed by Sophie Wilson at Acorn Computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#History https://en.wikipe

ARM (Acorn RISC Machine) was designed & developed by Sophie Wilson at Acorn Computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#History Apple/VLSI didn't get involved until the late 80's / ARM6 (1992) timeframe as they were interested in using it for the Newton -- at the same time Acorn was declining due to UK schools adopting PCs and they spun ARM off in 1990 as a separate company, ARM Holdings (Advanced RISC Machine).