<story><title>Arm unveils 1mm x 1mm 32bit chip: &quot;years of battery life&quot;</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/technology-17345934</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sambeau</author><text>ARM is a brilliant (if not the poster-boy) example of why the UK government should be investing in new technology companies rather than car manufacturing and banking.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gaius</author><text>I suppose you are too young to remember &quot;picking winners&quot;, Harold Wilson, British Leyland, Red Robbo... Or more directly, Grundy and their NewBrain vs Acorn... Historically, government meddling in industry in the UK has been a disaster.</text></comment>
<story><title>Arm unveils 1mm x 1mm 32bit chip: &quot;years of battery life&quot;</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/technology-17345934</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sambeau</author><text>ARM is a brilliant (if not the poster-boy) example of why the UK government should be investing in new technology companies rather than car manufacturing and banking.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>andrewmu</author><text>I think many people are assuming this means direct investment but maintaining a high quality, accessible education system is arguably more important.</text></comment>