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In article <1174837834.319545.291960@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, "news@rtrussell.co.uk" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> wrote:
>On Mar 25, 4:03 pm, ppnerkDELETET...@yahoo.com (Phred) wrote:
>> But it's interesting about BBC BASIC and that ARM stuff.  
>> And I'm curious as well as ignorant on this point: 1.4 billion
>> processors shipped in a year -- what do they use them all for?
>
>Principally mobile phones and other similar low-power applications, I
>think.  ARM processors have an exceptionally low power consumption for
>their processing grunt.  I can enquire of Professor Furber if you
>like; the statistic came from him.

Thanks for your response, Richard.  As I said, I was just curious, so 
I wouldn't like to trouble you further on the point; but I would be 
happy to hear more detail if it comes up here in passing.  (I'll pass 
this on to aus.computers too -- some of the locals may have info on 
any specialty uses for them here in Oz.)

[ For those who came in late: quoting from Richard's previous article
Message-ID: <1174671335.073391.110280@d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
>>Indeed Acorn is gone, but their legacy in inventing the ARM processor
>>(by far the highest-volume 32-bit CPU in the world - over
>>1,400,000,000 were shipped in 2004) guarantees them a lasting place in
>>history.  Before being committed to silicon the ARM was simulated in
>>BBC BASIC!
End quote.]

Cheers, Phred.

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