The Anonymous Widower

More ARM Processors Than People

A friend has told me that he was in a meeting and one of the founders of ARM pointed out, that there were probably more ARM processors in the room than people.

As I type this, I’m wondering how many ARM processors are in this room with me.

For a start, there’s my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, which has an ARM CPU and GPU.  As the CPU is dual core, is that a total of three or two?

There’s also a modern Samsung television, two set-top boxes, four Nokia phones, including three 6310i, two digital cameras and a Samsung Tab, all of which might contain one or more ARM processors.

I think that I’m outnumbered! But take note that in 2012, they sold 8.7 billion units!

November 15, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Computing, World | ARM, Hardware