原创 WHAT ARM IS?

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WHAT ARM DOES?
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital
products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment
solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's
comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors,
data engines, 3D processors, digital libraries, embedded memories,
peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog
functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the
company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution
that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics
companies.
ARM MILESTONES

2006	IEEE honors ARM with its 2006 Corporate Innovation Recognition award. Sir Robin Saxby announced intention to retire Cortex-R4 processor announced ARM RealView Microcontroller Kit announced ARM RealView Development Suite 3.0 launched ARM announced availability of mobile consumer DRM software solutions based on ARM TrustZone technology ARM and Handshake Solutions announced industry's first clockless processor for real-time chip designs ARM announced new range of PrimeCell AMBA 3 AXI static memory controllers ARM announced production release of AMBA 3 AXI assertions ARM1176JZF-S processor and ARM Artisan Advantage cell library and memories delivered groundbreaking 750 MHz ARM11 implementation ARM Cortex-A8 processor recognized as "Best In 2005" by four leading electronics industry publications
2005	ARM announced support for the High Definition Audio Video Network Alliance (HANA) ARM listed by Electronic Business as one of the ten most significant companies in electronics over the past 30 years ARM acquired Keil Software ARM Cortex-A8 processor announced Freescale, Matsushita (MEI), Samsung, Texas Instruments, Cadence, Synopsys, Microsoft, Montavista, Symbian and Wind River announce support for groundbreaking ARM Cortex-A8 processor The ARM Jazelle RCT (Runtime Compiler Target) architecture extension announced ARM Libraries Adopted By IBM, The World's ASIC Technology Leader ARM OptimoDE Audio Edition launched ARM included in the UK Top 100 Companies That Count index ARM launched DesignStart Program Actel and ARM signed agreement to bring ARM7 processor family to FPGA market
2004	ARM acquired Artisan Components Inc. New version of RealView Developer Kit for China announced The first ARM Developers' Conference held in Santa Clara, California ARM Cortex-M3 processor announced, the first of a new Cortex family of processor cores The ARM1176JZ-S PrimeXsys Platform launched NEON media acceleration technology announced ARM technology licensed to Aplix, Atheros, Broadcom, CSR, Kawasaki, NEC, Socle, Sony Ericsson, Thomson, Toshiba, Samsung and ZRRT ARM and Artisan announced they have entered an agreement where ARM will acquire Artisan ARM acquired Axys Design Automation ARM and Trusted Logic developed TrustZone-optimized software to increase security for mobile applications Expansion into China continued, with the opening of two new Approved Training Centers MPCore multiprocessor launched, the first integrated multiprocessor OptimoDE technology launched, the groundbreaking embedded signal processing core The Level 2 Cache Controller unveiled
2003	ARM Connected Community established ARM acquired Adelante Technologies, Belgium TrustZone technology announced, providing a secure platform at the heart of ARM cores AMBA 3.0 (AXI) methodology announced Thumb-2 technology announced STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments joined by ARM and Nokia as founding members of the MIPI Alliance, to define open standards for mobile application processors CoreSight real-time debug and trace solution for multi-core systems announced ARM1176 and ARM1156 cores announced the first implementations of TrustZone and Thumb-2 technology respectively Strategic announcement signed with NEC Electronics to co-develop and co-market next-generation multiprocessor-based CPU cores for home, automotive multimedia applications and mobile handset ARM expanded the Foundry Program with addition of core and PrimeXsys Platform, TSMC and UMC licensed the ARM926EJ core into the ARM Foundry Program ARM announced the availability of standard DSP interface specification to accelerate time-to-market and reduce system development cost ARM Foundry Program expanded into China with SMIC agreement to offer advanced manufacturing facilities for the popular ARM7TDMI core ARM's PrimeXsys Platform software optimized to work with Nokia's software platform for smart phones ARM became a member of the Series 60 Product Creation Community Oki Semiconductor and ARM announced RealView Developer Kit for Oki's advantage microcontrollers Toppan became the first ARM approved licensing program Partner in Japan
2002	ARM announced that it had shipped over one billion of its microprocessor cores to date ARM technology licensed to Seagate, Broadcom, Philips, Matsushita, Micrel, eSilicon, Chip Express and ITRI ARM launched the ARM11 microarchitecture and the ARM1026EJ-S core ARM launched the ARM1136J-S core and ARM1136JF-S core, the first cores in the ARM11 family, as well as the accompanying ARM11 PrimeXsys development platform Simon Segars, executive vice president, Engineering, and Jerry Ardizzone, executive vice president, Worldwide Sales joined the board of ARM Limited. Mike Inglis, EVP Marketing, joined the board of ARM Holdings plc ARM opened an office in Shanghai, China Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Tower Semiconductor joined the ARM Foundry Program ARM launches its RealView family of development tools ARM technology access program, ATAP, expanded to 36 Partners with over 3,350 engineers Partnership with Sun allowed ARM to optimize Jazelle technology for Sun Java Card platform ARM and National Semiconductor announced a collaboration on revolutionary PowerWise technology which extends battery life in portable electronic devices Flextronics became the first ARM Licensing Partner program member, allowing it to sub-license ARM technology to its own customers Symbian announced native support for the ARMv6 architecture in Symbian OS ARM announced that over 25 Partners will support and contribute to the new AMBA 3.0 bus architecture Robin Saxby was knighted in the 2002 New Years Honours list for services to the Information Technology industry and awarded the Faraday medal from the IEE for his 'outstanding contribution'
2001	ARM's share of the 32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor market grew to 76.8 per cent ARM announced new ARMv6 architecture Intel becomes architectural licensee Fujitsu, Global UniChip, Samsung and Zeevo licensed ARM technology ARM announced the ARM VFP9-S and ARM VFP10 vector floating-point coprocessors ARM introduced the ARM926EJ-S soft macrocell, the ARM7EJ core, and the Jazelle Technology Enabling Kit (JTEK) SavaJe and Symbian licensed Jazelle software for incorporation into their operating systems ARM announced the PrimeXsys platforms ARM introduced the SecurCore SC200 and SC210 microprocessor cores ARM Developer Suite software enhanced with tools support for ARM Jazelle technology ARM acquired key technologies and an embedded debug design team from Noral Micrologics Ltd ARM launched DevZone online community ARM announced MOVE multimedia acceleration technology for wireless devices ARM ATAP program expanded, bringing membership to 25 companies in 15 countries with more than 2,400 engineers ARM announced the formation of the ARM Approved Training Centre (ATC) program Warren East appointed Chief Executive Officer Tudor Brown appointed Chief Operating Officer and board director Robin Saxby became Executive Chairman Mike Muller promoted to the board of directors John Scarisbrick appointed as a non-executive director
2000	Agilent, Altera, Micronas, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Sanyo, Triscend and ZTEIC licensed ARM technology ARM launched SecurCore family for smartcards ARM introduced Jazelle technology for Java applications ARM announced SIMD (single instruction multiple data) technology for multimedia applications ARM introduced ARM922T core Lucent shipped ARM10 silicon ARM supported Intel's launch of ARM architecture-compliant XScale microarchitecture ARM acquired Allant Software and Infinite Designs ARM invested $2m in Parthus Technologies plc ARM formed equity alliance with CoWare ARM opened office in Taipei, Taiwan ARM opened e-Commerce Design Centre in Sophia Antipolis, France TSMC and UMC became members of ARM Foundry Program
1999	LSI Logic, STMicroelectronics and Fujitsu licensed ARM technology ARM introduced networking connectivity software for ARM Powered systems ARM joined FTSE 100 Index ARM and 3Com advance network intelligence ARM introduced PrimeCell peripherals ARM announced synthesizable ARM9E processor with enhanced signal processing ARM collaborated with Ericsson on Bluetooth technology ARM worked with Microsoft to optimize Windows Media Audio ARM introduced MP3 and Dolby Digital Software solutions ARM acquired Micrologic
1998	HP, IBM, Matsushita, Seiko Epson and Qualcomm licensed ARM technology Flotation of ARM Holdings plc on LSE and NASDAQ (17 April 1998) ARM joined Bluetooth consortium Intel licensed StrongARM microprocessor family ARM announced support for Symbian Partnership ARM introduced ARM910 and ARM920 solutions for Windows CE applications ARM developed synthesizable version of the ARM7TDMI core National Semiconductor first to license new synthesizable processor core ARM opened offices in Westborough, Mass. , Seattle, Wash., USA ; and Paris, France ARM, Cirrus Logic and Lucent developed integrated designs for mass storage ARM announced ARM10 Thumb family of processors Cadence became the first "ARM approved" design Partner via the ARM ATAP technology access program ARM established the consortium for Windows CE ARM Partners shipped more than 50 million ARM Powered products
1997	Hyundai, Lucent, Philips, Rockwell and Sony licensed ARM technology ARM and Sun announced direct JavaOS support for ARM RISC architecture ARM acquired 45% shareholding in PALMCHIP ARM introduced high-performance, embedded software modem solutions ARM opened offices in Austin, Texas; Seoul, Korea; and Maidenhead, UK Synopsys and ARM formed core team for IP core characterization ARM9TDMI family announced
1996	Alcatel, OKI, Rohm and Yamaha licensed ARM technology ARM and VLSI Technology introduced the ARM810 microprocessor ARM announced ARM7500FE multimedia "system-chip" for the Network Computer Virtual Socket Interface Alliance is formed, with ARM as a charter member ARM introduced Piccolo, the ARM signal processing architecture ARM and Microsoft worked together to extend Windows CE to the ARM architecture
1995	Atmel/ES2, Digital, LG Semicon, NEC and Symbios Logic licensed ARM technology ARM announced the Thumb architecture extension, which gives 32-bit RISC performance at 16-bit system cost and offers industry-leading code density ARM opened office in Munich, Germany ARM launched Software Development Toolkit TI sampled first ARM Thumb core First StrongARM core from Digital Semiconductor and ARM launched ARM extended family with ARM8 high-performance solution ARM launched the ARM7100 "PDA-on-a-chip"
1994	AKM (Asahi Kasei Microsystems) and Samsung licensed ARM technology ARM opened offices in Los Gatos, California, USA; and Tokyo, Japan ARM introduced the ARM7500 "system-chip" for multimedia applications
1993	Cirrus Logic and Texas Instruments licensed ARM technology Nippon Investment and Finance became ARM's fourth investor ARM introduced the ARM7 core
1992	GEC Plessey and Sharp licensed ARM technology
1991	ARM introduced its first embeddable RISC core, the ARM6 solution
1990	Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) spins out of Acorn and Apple Computer's collaboration efforts with a charter to create a new microprocessor standard. VLSI Technology becomes an investor and the first licensee
1987	Acorn's ARM processor debuts as the first RISC processor for low-cost PCs
1985	Acorn Computer Group developed the world's first commercial RISC processor