ARM 1 was designed to be a low-power CPU, because they wanted to be able to use a cheap plastic package. Famously, they forgot to wire the first sample to its p

ARM 1 was designed to be a low-power CPU, because they wanted to be able to use a cheap plastic package. Famously, they forgot to wire the first sample to its power supply, but it was still able to run of the power leakage from its other pins. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/a-history-of-arm-part-1-building-the-first-chip/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/a-history-of-arm-par...