ARM's Secret Weapon (History of ARM Part 2)

As a computer legend rally to save the most important invention of their company from bankruptcy they bet it all on one crazy gamble.

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Credits:
Research and Writing: LowSpecAlex
Voice over: LowSpecAlex
Editing: LowSpecAlex
3D animation: Windy, Divye
Art: Maiku no Koe
Spanish Translation, Audio editing and QA: Henrique von Buren
Thumbnail design: Maiku no Koe
Voice of Robin Saxby: @DanStormVO
VA director and sourcing: Jesús Hernández/Dubbing Home
Special VA guest: @MedlifeCrisis

Stock Footage from Getty

[Xilefian]

Important detail: thumb isn't 16-bit processing, it's still 32-bit, it's just 16-bit instructions.The benefit is you just need a 16-bit bus, and 16-bit instructions tend to have slightly better code density so take up less storage (which was expensive)

[thedualscreengamer]

Imagine having a peaceful day. You go to the airport to catch a plane. Then get on the plane to have a nice, smooth plane ride. All is good and calm. You're ready to relax on your plane ride until the person next to you starts doing a sales pitch.

[LemSportsinterviews]

it personally hurts my feelings that these videos don't seem to get as much attention as your old content. you're one of my favorite channels, ever - nobody's doing what you do. i love this! never stop!

[Thelango]

ARM is currently attempting to raise licensing costs by basing the fee on the entire device rather than just the CPU.

[RubiGMM]

That thumbnail has so many layers it's unbelivable

[kyoudaiken]

And now ARM made the worst decision they could ever make: Raising the licensing prices at a time where RISC-V is gaining a lot of traction... 😖

[harriehausenman]

This is what documentaries should be like!
Thanks for telling this immensly interesting and equally important part of history.
Long Live Nebula!

[dalailamer]

As an italian, i find your making fun of our accent extremely amusing, please do more!

[disgruntledfaerie]

Your accent is as charming as your videos! Love them both!

[Mechness]

As someone who was quite familiar with the various Acorn computer models in the 1990s, the 3D model of an Archimedes at the beginning of the video is quite jarring to me as it's obviously a RiscPC case with an A400 series front piece stuck onto it and an AKF12 monitor. Anachronistic! :-D

I mean the overly-yellow BBC micros I forgive, because surviving ones have yellowed significantly with age (the original colour was "oatmeal"), but this just I couldn't ignore. 😀

[AndreiRObertYTB]

you're telling me you're the guy who taught me how to disable shadows in gta5 to run it on my old ass laptop with 25 extra fps?? damn, nice storytelling, nice animations, nice 3d models, great content, keep it coming! you got me back as a subscriber and now i have something to binge watch

[HirokaAkita]

I once saw a "Virgin Chad" meme.

In "Chad", or "Chad reality", it said how Fiction had to be predictable, and how Real world sometimes is so weird, that all things are almost random but deeply connected somehow.
This video, in some ways, shows the Gameboy series going full circle.

[karanpatel]

I love this series, waiting for the next video as soon as I finish watching one. Kudos to you!!!!

[JohnIrwin]

Using the "Chris Abroad" music to punctuate the move to Japan was genius level editing. Great video!

[speedsterh]

Furber, Wilson were some of the most famous people of that era for ARM. But I didn't know how Saxby was crucial for the survival of the company and forecast what would be the future of computing. Thank you very much for this brilliant video !

[bohemondricard]

It felt like a huge flex for me when I actually understood what the dramatization of Elserino Piol said XD.

From memory:
"The most important thing for a company in our position is that cost reduction can help improve cash flow"

[ingenierocristian]

As a Colombian, I appreciate your videos in english because it helps a lot not only to understand the origins of our technology but, to practice my english, I ❤ It.

[cozy_kat]

An interesting tidbit you miss, even before the Newton a team within Apple was evaluating the ARM2 for an Apple II successor codenamed Möbius

[RobWARDLTB]

I copped a flogging in 1994-5 for running a couple classrooms of first BBC32K micros on Econet, and at the time I had built up the labs into ARM powered RISCPCs, A3000's etc. The Education Department across the state was pushing Intel/beige boxes as the answer with similar laptops. The intelligentsia around at the time were decrying the Acorn machines and basically white-anted me to get rid of them. And go Intel PC. I kept my RISCPC at home until 2002 and really enjoyed it. I did all my work on an Intel based laptop and just sucked it up. However if I could wind the clock back 30 years I would gladly force them to stick this video up their kyber where the sun don't shine. The heat I took from those turkeys was soul destroying and so wrong. RISC was never going to compete with CISC, arrogant pack of meat heads. I hope they are enjoying their mobile phones!!

[jamesburke]

Your videos are fascinating. I love the artwork and the way you talk really puts excitement into the characters. even stuff i know all about im keen to watch your take on it.