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Putting more of a computer into one chip changed what small devices could do. This historical overview connects integrated processors with the rise of mobile computing. It follows a useful trend, although several milestones need more precise dates.
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Original recording: TikTok, 2020-12-08.
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Apple's M1 chip is not the first system on a chip, nor was it the first generation iPhone or Raspberry Pi. SoCs date back to the 70s as merely a concept on paper, and in 1991, SoCs started debuting with the release of the AMD 286 ZXLX family of SoCs. And it was in the late 90s, ARM Holdings began to license its fabulous processor design to other manufacturers. And if you have not watched my previous videos, the R in ARM stands for RISC, which stands for Reduced Instruction Set Computer. And ARM is simply an evolution of the RISC processor. So ARM at this time was very powerful and consumed less power than its competitors. It was ideal for the use of embedded systems. And in 2001, the iPod was released using the Twin Core ARM SoC. In 2006, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon. And in 2007, the first iPhone was featured with an SoC containing an ARM core and GPU.
