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===Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. โ ARM6=== [[File:ARMSoCBlockDiagram.svg|right|upright=2.1|thumbnail|Microprocessor-based system on a chip]] [[File:GPS ARM610 die.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.4|[[Die (integrated circuit)|Die]] of an ARM610 microprocessor]] In the late 1980s, [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] and [[VLSI Technology]] started working with Acorn on newer versions of the ARM core. In 1990, Acorn spun off the design team into a new company named Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arm.com/about/company-profile/milestones.php |title=ARM Company Milestones |website=ARM |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420050600/https://www.arm.com/about/company-profile/milestones.php |archive-date=20 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="andrews-co-verification-of-hardware-and-software-for-ARM-SoC-design">{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Jason |title=Co-verification of hardware and software for ARM SoC design |url=https://archive.org/details/coverificationha00andr_198 |url-access=limited |chapter=3 SoC Verification Topics for the ARM Architecture |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |year=2005 |location=Oxford, UK |pages=[https://archive.org/details/coverificationha00andr_198/page/n93 69] |isbn=0-7506-7730-9 |quote=ARM started as a branch of Acorn Computer in Cambridge, England, with the formation of a joint venture between Acorn, Apple and VLSI Technology. A team of twelve employees produced the design of the first ARM microprocessor between 1983 and 1985.}}</ref><ref name="latimes apple to join acorn">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-28-fi-4993-story.html |title=Apple to Join Acorn, VLSI in Chip-Making Venture |work=Los Angeles Times |date=28 November 1990 |access-date=6 February 2012 |author=Weber, Jonathan |location=Los Angeles |quote=Apple has invested about $3 million (roughly 1.5 million pounds) for a 30% interest in the company, dubbed Advanced Risc Machines Ltd. (ARM) [...]}}</ref> which became ARM Ltd. when its parent company, [[Arm Holdings]] plc, floated on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and [[Nasdaq]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/3822.pdf |title=ARM Corporate Backgrounder |website=ARM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004150423/https://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/3822.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The new AppleโARM work would eventually evolve into the ARM6, first released in early 1992. Apple used the ARM6-based ARM610 as the basis for their [[Apple Newton]] PDA.
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