StrongARM
<processor> A collaborative project between {Digital Equipment
Corporation} and {Advanced RISC Machines} Ltd. (ARM) announced
on 1995-02-06 licensing the {ARM} {RISC} architecture to
{Digital Semiconductor} for the development of
high-performance, low power {microprocessors}.
The StrongARM family of 32-bit RISC products developed under
the agreement are faster versions of the existing ARM
processors with a somewhat different {instruction set}. They
are targetted at applications such as next-generation
{personal digital assistants} with improved user interfaces
and communications; {interactive television} and set-top
products; video games and {multimedia} {edutainment} systems
with realistic imaging, motion and sound; and digital imaging,
including low cost digital image capture and photo-quality
scanning and printing.
The StrongARM family has limited software compatibility with
the {ARM6}, {ARM7} and {ARM8} families due to its separate
{caches} for data and instructions which causes
{self-modifying code} to fail.
The {SA-110} is the first member of the family.
(1998-09-07)