<processor> A collaborative project between Digital Equipment Corporation and Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. (ARM) announced on 06 Feb 1995 licensing the ARM RISC architecture to Digital Semiconductor for the development of high-performance, low power microprocessors.
The StrongARM family of 32 bit RISC products to be developed under the agreement is intended to complement and broaden the existing ARM product line for performance critical applications such as next-generation personal digital assistants (PDAs) with improved user interfaces and communications; interactive television and set-top products; video games and multimedia edutainment systems with realistic imaging, motion and sound; and digital imaging, including low cost digital image capture and photo-quality scanning and printing.
The StrongARM family will offer full software compatibility with the ARM6, ARM7 and ARM8 families, which will help accelerate market acceptance of the new products.
The SA-110 is the first member of the family.
(06 Feb 1996)