<story><title>The Acorn Archimedes and the first ARM processor</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/12/how-an-obscure-british-pc-maker-invented-arm-and-changed-the-world/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>klelatti</author><text>If you really want to understand why Arm was so successful as a company I&amp;#x27;d suggesting spending time listening to their their first CEO - Robin Saxby - in this engaging interview by Charbax from 2017.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=FO5PsAY5aaI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=FO5PsAY5aaI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And they are unlikely winners not because they came from the UK (seriously?) but because of the weakness of their commercial position when they started. It&amp;#x27;s a really interesting story.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Acorn Archimedes and the first ARM processor</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/12/how-an-obscure-british-pc-maker-invented-arm-and-changed-the-world/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>codeulike</author><text>I had an Archimedes, the first Arm machine, in 1988 or so. It was marketed as the fastest microcomputer in the world at the time so I think Acorn knew they&amp;#x27;d hit on something special. I was 14 and used to write games on the BBC Micro Model B and so upgrading to the Archimedes with it&amp;#x27;s speed, Sprite system and millions of colours was like suddenly being let loose in a huge unbounded creative arena. Good times.</text></comment>