Steve Furber Talk - Acorn World - 13-09-2009

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Running Time : 1hr 8 mins

A presentation made at Acorn World - 13-09-2009 by professor Stephen Furber CBE. He talks about his involvement with the Mk14, SC/MP controlled fruit machines, the design of the BBC Micro, the development of the ARM processor and his latest project : SpiNNaker.
 

Date : 13th September 2009

Creator : Acorn Computers

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Date Event
5 Dec 1978 Acorn Computers Ltd founded in Cambridge, UK
29 Dec 2007 Steve Furber appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours
26 Apr 1985 First ARM processor powered up
Mar 1980 Acorn releases the Acorn Atom
1 Dec 1981 Acorn releases the BBC Micro
1 Sep 1986 Acorn launches the BBC Master Compact
26 Jun 2016

 

 

 

 




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