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-Any idea what sort of processor powers your smartphone? What is a processor!? This topic is going to unlock the secrets behind the CPU (what we sometimes call the BRAIN of a Computer) Did you know that 30 years ago, Acorn Computers switched on their first ever processor, the Acorn RISC Machine, or ARM. Now, they power 95% of smartphones & 12 billion ARM chips shipped last year. Professor Steve Furber (University of Manchester) speaks about how he and Sophie Wilson started the project
Further Reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit
http://www.cpushack.com/life-cycle-of-cpu.html - Online Museum (CPU History):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_general-purpose_CPUs
Suggested Video on the ARM processor
Intro Video - How the CPU works (basics)
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PowerPoint: Von Neumann Architecture