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A Conversation with Steve Furber: The designer of the ARM chip shares lessons on energy-efficient computing.

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If you were looking for lessons on energy-efficient computing, one person you would want to speak with would be Steve Furber, principal designer of the highly successful ARM (Acorn RISC Machine) processor. Currently running in billions of cellphones around the world, the ARM is a prime example of a chip that is simple, low power, and low cost. Furber led development of the ARM in the 1980s while at Acorn, the British PC company also known for the BBC Microcomputer, which Furber played a major role in developing.

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    Queue  Volume 8, Issue 2
    Chip Design
    February 2010
    38 pages
    ISSN:1542-7730
    EISSN:1542-7749
    DOI:10.1145/1716383
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