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A History of The ARM Microprocessor | Dave Jaggar | Talks at Google

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What it is

Dave Jaggar, who defined much of the ARM architecture, recounts how Acorn's near-extinction led to ARM, including the history of Thumb, StrongARM, and the Austin team.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it for first-hand ARM history, including Thumb's origin, and for Jaggar's endorsement of RISC-V.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Dave Jaggar has some interesting comments on the history around DEC, StrongARM and the Austin ARM team.”

    Jaggar discusses ARM history around DEC, StrongARM, and Austin team.

    klelatti, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Was Acorn's RISC OS an under-appreciated pearl of OS design?”

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Topics: arm, acorn, thumb, risc-v, dave jaggar

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