Ars Technica

A history of ARM, part 2: Everything starts to come together

The story so far: At the end of the 1980s, Acorn Computers was at a crossroads. A small team, led by Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber, had invented a powerful new computer chip, the Acorn RISC Machine ...
Hackaday

The Last Acorn BBC Computer Wasn’t A BBC Micro

For home computer users, the end of the 1980s was the era of 16-bit computers. The challenge facing manufacturers of 8-bit machines through the middle of the decade was to transfer their range and ...
Ars Technica

A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip

It was 1983, and Acorn Computers was on top of the world. Unfortunately, trouble was just around the corner. The small UK company was famous for winning a contract with the British Broadcasting ...