The Future of microprocessors
Duration: 1 hour 42 mins
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| Description: | The Ninth annual Wheeler lecture examines trends in the design of microprocessors |
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| Created: | 2020-07-15 12:40 |
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| Collection: | Annual Wheeler lectures |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Dr. Sophie Wilson |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | Computer Architecture; Microprocessors; |
| Abstract: | The annual Wheeler Lecture will look at the history of microprocessors, how we got to where we are now, and what constraints there are on the future. Participants should expect laws, graphs and references to Star Wars...
Sophie, an alumna of the department, co-designed, with her colleague Steve Furber, the BBC Microcomputer, BBC BASIC and the Acorn Assembler. They then went on to design the ARM processor, which originally powered Acorn's computers, and is now the core of virtually every mobile phone and tablet in the world - 75 billion ARM-powered chips have been sold to date. |
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