Some Basic Facts of ARM

                         ........................................Some basic facts of ARM........................................

n  ARM was founded by formerly known as ACORN RISC Machine founded by ACORN COMPUTERS LTD in 1983-85, later named as Advanced Risc Machine in 1990.

n  ARM is basically a general purpose 32 bit processor.

n  ARM is incorporated with the 32 bit controllers manufactured by Philips with the banner name LPC series controllers.

n  ARM family started with the series number from ARM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.

n  The series till ARM 6 were basically 16 bit microcontrollers.

n  ARM 7 was the first 32 bit controller given by ARM.

The even number of series was reserved for the company’s R&D purpose and the odd version was released to the market for commercial purpose. ARM 10 is the only even series that was released to the market