An interesting interview with the original designers of the ARM chip (first 
stuffed onto the Beeb and eventually into nearly every smartphone and tablet on 
the planet...)

The low power consumption? Originally a complete accident:

"The development board plugged the chip into had a fault: there was no current 
being sent down the power supply lines at all. The processor was actually 
running on leakage from the logic circuits. So the low-power big thing that the 
ARM is most valued for today, the reason that it's on all your mobile phones, 
was a complete accident."

<http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/03/unsung_heroes_of_tech_arm_creators_sophie_wilson_and_steve_furber/>

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs


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