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ARM1 shipped in 1985, and it wasn't immediately obvious at the time that it was the way forward. Meanwhile, this LSI-11 clone dates to 1982. Cloning ARM three y
by cstross 5y ago
ARM1 shipped in 1985, and it wasn't immediately obvious at the time that it was the way forward. Meanwhile, this LSI-11 clone dates to 1982. Cloning ARM three years in advance would have been a neat trick!
- jacquesm 5y agoPrecisely. Initial ARM work started in '83 and it wasn't exactly well published until the revealing of the Acorn Archimedes ('87), the BBC Co-processor ('86) was spotted rarely in the field (mostly due to its price). But: nice to reflect on that back in the 80's designing a new CPU could be done with a very small team and modest funding in 2 years time going from drawing board to first silicon (assuming that kind of talent, of course).