
Chapter-opening image: An ARM7 LPC2140 board.
Introduction
is chapter gives an introduction to ARM, the very popular 32-bit processor, with
a short account of its history, followed by details of where it stands in the embedded
processor market now. ARM stands for ‘Advanced RISC Machine’. e name explicitly
states its characteristic of being a RISC processor. e fi rst ARM processor actually was
meant to be the ‘Acorn RISC Machine’ as it was manufactured by Acorn Computers
Ltd., Cambridge, England, in 1985.
10.1 | History of the ARM Processor
In 1985, Acorn Computers Ltd. was in search of a new processor to put up in the
desktop market. While ...