How ARM Came to Dominate the Mobile Market

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How ARM Came to Dominate the Mobile Market
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March 25, 2020
https://www.techspot.com/article/1989-arm-inside/

Whenever you think of mobile computing hardware, ARM is likely the first company that comes to mind, or it should be. While historically Intel has been recognized as the leader in chip making -- and to this day that remains true -- for years, ARM slowly carved into a niche that eventually reached an inflection point, where computing devices no longer needed to be faster, but they needed to be more efficient and portable.

This is why ARM dominates the mobile processor market with almost every major release built on top of its architecture. We're talking billions of chips used on embedded applications, biometrics systems, smart TVs, iPhones, laptops, and tablets. But why is that the case, and why have other architectures like x86 failed to take hold? In this article, we'll give you a technical overview of what ARM is, where it came from, and why it has become so popular.

The first thing to note is that ARM (more recently stylized as 'arm', in lowercase) doesn't actually make processors. Instead, they design a CPU's architecture and license those designs to other companies like Qualcomm or Samsung who incorporate it into their processors. [...]
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By now, you've hopefully gotten an understanding for why ARM has become so dominant in the mobile processor market. Their RISC ISA model allows them to license plans to chip manufacturers. By going with the RISC model, they are maximizing power-efficiency over performance. When it comes to mobile computing, this is the name of the game and they are grandmasters.
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