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Unsung heroes of Tech: Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber |
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filecore (05:59 3/5/2012)
pwx (08:34 3/5/2012)
filecore (08:43 3/5/2012)
pwx (12:02 3/5/2012)
trevj (14:24 3/5/2012)
pwx (15:17 3/5/2012)
filecore (17:00 3/5/2012)
bhtooefr (03:06 6/5/2012)
VincceH (10:22 6/5/2012)
qUE (23:11 3/5/2012)
trevj (14:56 4/5/2012)
qUE (00:56 5/5/2012)
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Jason Togneri |
Message #120267, posted by filecore at 05:59, 3/5/2012 |
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I just found Part 1 in an interesting article series on El Reg about Wilson and Furber, and the development of ARM. |
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Philip Webster |
Message #120270, posted by pwx at 08:34, 3/5/2012, in reply to message #120267 |
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I just found Part 1 in an interesting article series on El Reg about Wilson and Furber, and the development of ARM. Good articles - but surprisingly few comments. |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #120271, posted by filecore at 08:43, 3/5/2012, in reply to message #120270 |
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It always takes a while. Just went up this morning - wait until at least this evening. I expect there will be many. |
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Philip Webster |
Message #120274, posted by pwx at 12:02, 3/5/2012, in reply to message #120271 |
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It always takes a while. Just went up this morning - wait until at least this evening. I expect there will be many. Part 2 has now been posted:
http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/03/unsung_heroes_of_tech_arm_creators_sophie_wilson_and_steve_furber/ |
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Trevor Johnson |
Message #120276, posted by trevj at 14:24, 3/5/2012, in reply to message #120274 |
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"Unsung Heroes", really? |
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Philip Webster |
Message #120277, posted by pwx at 15:17, 3/5/2012, in reply to message #120276 |
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"Unsung Heroes", really? A substantial number of Register commenters seemed not to know about the contributions that Wilson and Furber made to the field. |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #120278, posted by filecore at 17:00, 3/5/2012, in reply to message #120277 |
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"Unsung Heroes", really? A substantial number of Register commenters seemed not to know about the contributions that Wilson and Furber made to the field.
Ask anybody who grew up in an Apple/Sinclair/Windows/DOS/*nix/whatever background, as opposed to a RISC OS/Acorn one, and you'll probably find that unless they work in the industry or are in some way personally interested in this field, they've never heard of Furber or Wilson and don't know anything about how ARM came about. They probably think it was invented by Intel or Nokia or somebody, and many people don't seem to realise that ARM chips predate the late '90s. |
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qUE |
Message #120279, posted by qUE at 23:11, 3/5/2012, in reply to message #120267 |
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What's this got to do with RISC OS?
Oh yeah, I forgot, three programmers trying to port it to ever changing SoCs :/ |
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Trevor Johnson |
Message #120283, posted by trevj at 14:56, 4/5/2012, in reply to message #120279 |
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Not a lot, really! Anyway, recently linked to from engadget. |
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qUE |
Message #120284, posted by qUE at 00:56, 5/5/2012, in reply to message #120283 |
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Not a lot, really! Anyway, recently linked to from engadget. I hate to say it, but #it's a shame
that the original Acorn people don't have at least notes on how what the original kernel was aimed at.
I mean from what I've seen personally there's a lot of pre-studied stuff in there, it's quite clearly not magic, I wonder if there was an ultimate gameplan to the OS, but it got obscured through secrecy. |
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Eric Rucker |
Message #120287, posted by bhtooefr at 03:06, 6/5/2012, in reply to message #120278 |
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Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people here in the US think that Apple invented it, and think it was designed specifically for the Newton.
From a Microsoft-centric viewpoint, they might think DEC or Intel, with the StrongARM and XScale.
Acorn is almost completely unknown here, though, even in many circles of people who know old computers.
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VinceH |
Message #120289, posted by VincceH at 10:22, 6/5/2012, in reply to message #120287 |
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Well, in the few hours since you posted that, we here on this side of the puddle have got together and held a meeting about it. There was a break for tea or coffee, buscuits, and a slice of cake, and then we took a vote.
The outcome of that vote is that we have decided to task you with correcting this, and personally ensuring that all Overpuddlans know the truth in these matters.
Any idea what time you'll be finished? |
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