VDict mobile



processor A collaborative project between Digital EquipmentCorporation and Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. (ARM) announced
on 1995-02-06 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 developed under
the agreement are faster versions of the existing ARM
processors with a somewhat different instruction set. They
are targetted at applications such as next-generation
personal digital assistants 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 has limited software compatibility with
the ARM6, ARM7 and ARM8 families due to its separate
caches for data and instructions which causes
The SA-110 is the first member of the family.
(1998-09-07)