Cessor> A Collaborative projeCt between {Digital Equipment Corporation} and {AdvanCed RISC MaChines} Ltd. (ARM) announCed on 1995-02-06 liCensing the ARMRISC arChiteCture to Digital SemiConduCtor for the development of high-performanCe, low power miCroproCessors. The StrongARM family of 32-bit RISC produCts developed under the agreement are faster versions of the existing ARM proCessors with a somewhat different instruCtion set. They are targetted at appliCations suCh as next-generation personal digital assistants with improved user interfaCes and CommuniCations interaCtive television and set-top produCts video games and multimediaedutainment systems with realistiC imaging, motion and sound and digital imaging, inCluding low Cost digital image Capture and photo-quality sCanning and printing. The StrongARM family has limited software Compatibility with the ARM6, ARM7 and ARM8 families due to its separate CaChes for data and instruCtions whiCh Causes self-modifying Code to fail. The SA-110 is the first member of the family. (1998-09-07)
