ARM inventor: Sophie Wilson (Part 1)

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Sophie Wilson designed the instruction set for the original ARM Processor (Acorn RISC Machine) in 1983-1985 for the Acorn Computers which she designed in the 70's, 80's and 90's.

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Very intelligent Sophie Wilson to replicate the ARM chips, amazing stuff.

garyproffitt

You're a legend, Sophie, in bringing computing to the world. Steve Furber is another such legend. Without ARM we'd not have the prevalence of mobile devices we see today.

paulanderson

Sophie should have a damehood, and Steve Furber a knighthood. Legends.

agntorange

I used to work for one the biggest Acorn dealers in the UK as a young engineer repairing the BBC Micros, I was sent on technical training courses to Acorn offices in Cambridge and on one occasion Sophie was there, not involved in any of the training but our instructor did tell us who Sophie was and I recall brief interaction. The BBC Micro was very well engineered and the technical documentation available to us was the best in the business, of course in those days we repaired computers to component level and the only part that was the exception was the power supply. They had a range of stock faults, most notable was the video chip which had heat issues especially on earlier versions, but they were far more reliable than most other micros of the time. It’s easy to forget that although we see the BBC MICRO as slow and low powered today, it was certainly not the case back then.

andrewstones

Thanks for the trip down memory lane with Sophie Wilson for those of us that need refresh more often now days. Mips for the Masses!

mclayton

This comment is directed to Sophie and Steve. I know you guys did all the work and I'm not trying to detract from that. I remember when Intel had basically screwed Motorola and had "won" the architecture battles of the day. I was head of r&d for Micro-RGS working on the 6809 and 68008. I developed on the Amiga until 86. Knowing intel had won, I gave up codeing. I put all my free $ into doing an end run around the x86 arch and that brought us to Arm. They can't stop us now. I'm back to codeing. I'm known as Mr. Arm around here. I remember spec ing universality of registers and pc offset branch and data. Wonderful implementation. Thanks. I now have in arm32, multiple stacks with ascending/descending, full and empty universal. Wow. Better than I want or needed. The extent to which the structure meets my needs is beyond anything I imagined. I have devoted my life to this work. Only arm32 can do the tasks I need. I did get my friends at softbank to get into control and blocked arm from US domination. I think I hold the rights now. I ❤️🥰🤗😇 you both and hope you will continue to support this cause. More later. Dr. John (ha)P. Kunze III. I hold over 52, 000 patents and founded open source and the internet. To the betterment of mankind using creative computing., jok

johnkunze

She deserves a Dame-hood! .. She's up there in shaping the world with Time Berners-Lee !!!

xoio

Thank you Sophie Wilson. You deserve Nobel prize...

stanhristov

MIPS For the Masses.

The pride on her face at the moment she says that is so obvious, so lovely and so damn deserved. - An inspiration to men and women alike.

uaol

No words are enough to express my appreciation and admiration for your work.
Thank you Sophie!

ericespino

Nice to finally meet you Mrs. Wilson
thank you..

valmach

She's great. Her enthusiasm shines through (as does Steve's).

ttrjw

Wow she is such an inspiration to me. Can’t believe the amazing work she has done. I wish I was this intelligent

smonster

OMG. Eye opener. If you search through all the past catalogues you can find details (and a load of BS) on the real founders/developers and appreciate the genius in the original architecture. Absolute outstanding example on what can be produced under financial, personal determination and commercial constraints. I certainly can truly appreciate the brilliance in the early development of Arm core....

jonwalker