NERDYCLAP : A Geeky Parlance

This introductory post aims at discussing a bit about business model of ARM ltd.(that's right the company behind ARM architectures!!), different ARM architectures for different utilities and most importantly a brief about ARM cortex M , ARM cortex R and ARM cortex A. So, here's the content: Business model of ARM ltd. ARM Terminology Different ARM Architectures and Families Third party ARM variants ARM cortex M ARM cortex R ARM cortex A ARM Ltd. ARM ltd. was founded late in 1990's as a joint venture between Acorn computers , Apple computers(Apple Inc.) and VLSI technology Inc. ARM joint venture With it's headquarters in Cambridge, UK, ARM manages to be one of the top notch processor designing companies. Unlike most traditional microprocessor suppliers, such as Intel, Freescale  Arm only creates and licenses its technology as intellectual property (IP), rather than manufacturing and selling its own physical CPUs, GPUs, SoCs or micro controllers.It sup...

This introductory post aims at discussing a bit about business model of ARM ltd.(that's right the company behind ARM architectures!!), different ARM architectures for different utilities and most importantly a brief about ARM cortex M , ARM cortex R and ARM cortex A. ARM So, here's the content: Business model of ARM ltd. ARM Terminology Different ARM Architectures and Families Third party ARM variants ARM cortex M ARM cortex R ARM cortex A ARM Ltd. ARM ltd. was founded late in 1990's as a joint venture between Acorn computers , Apple computers(Apple Inc.) and VLSI technology Inc. ARM joint venture With it's headquarters in Cambridge, UK, ARM manages to be one of the top notch processor designing companies. Unlike most traditional microprocessor suppliers, such as Intel, Freescale  Arm only creates and licenses its technology as intellectual property (IP), rather than manufacturing and selling its own physical CPUs, GPUs, SoCs or micro cont...