Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Over 250 billion Arm chips have shipped since the first <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ARM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARM1</span></a> processor launched 40 years ago<br>ARM1 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> ended up being a pioneering <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RISC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISC</span></a> chip, featuring just 6,000 gates, while modern Arm processors feature more than 100 million.<br>Arm admits that the signature quality of its chips – their energy efficiency – was driven out of frugality they couldn't afford ceramic chip packaging so had to be very strict about efficiency, so plastic packaging would be acceptable. <br><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/over-250-billion-arm-chips-have-shipped-since-the-first-arm1-processor-launched-40-years-ago" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/pc-components</span><span class="invisible">/cpus/over-250-billion-arm-chips-have-shipped-since-the-first-arm1-processor-launched-40-years-ago</span></a></p>