Computer History Museum

Furber, Steve oral history : 2012 fellow

Steve Furber and Sophie Wilson were the chief architects of the ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) microprocessor. The ARM processor was one of the very first to include the simplified, high performance architecture known as RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer). In this interview, Professor Furber describes his own background and the steps that led him to Acorn Computers and the creation of the ARM processor with Ms. Wilson. He further expands on his reasons for leaving Acorn and the research he is responsible for at the University of Manchester.

Item Details

Date
2012-02-03 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102746196
Organization
Computer History Museum (Publisher)
People
Steve Furber (Interviewee)
Doug Fairbairn (Interviewer)
Category
Transcript
Format
PDF
Credit line
Gift of Computer History Museum
Extent
27 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X6409.2012
Subject
Sun, Semiconductor History, Fellow Award Honoree, MIPS, RISC, University of Manchester, Acorn Computers, IBM 801
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection