What is an ARM processor?
According to Wikipedia, ARM is a type of computational central processing unit (CPU) designed in the UK since the 1980s and ARM chips were present in 98% of all mobile phones in 2007. The ARM design was started in 1983 led by Acorn engineers Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber. In the late 1980s Apple Computer and VLSI Technology started working with Acorn on newer versions of the ARM core. The work was so important that Acorn spun off the design team in 1990 into a new company called Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. The new Apple-ARM work would eventually turn into the ARM6, first released in early 1992. Apple used the ARM6-based ARM 610 as the basis for their Apple Newton PDA. In 1994, Acorn used the ARM 610 as the main CPU in their RISC PC computers. DEC licensed the ARM6 architecture (which caused some confusion because they also produced the DEC Alpha) and produced the Strong-ARM. At 233 MHz this CPU drew only 1 watt of power (more recent versions draw far less). This work was later passed
