ARM inventor: Sophie Wilson - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 05:14:57 pm
content: ARM inventor: Sophie Wilson (Part 1)The first ARM processor in the world with Sophie Wilson (Part 2)ARM Instruction Set design history with Sophie Wilson (Part 3)(can't embed YouTube videos anymore?)

author: Mechanical Menace
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 05:17:42 pm
content: She came up with the ARM v1 instruction set, she didn't "invent" the processor.

author: miguelvp
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 05:19:01 pm
content: plus video embedding doesn't work, you are better off using the https links

author: xrunner
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 05:36:26 pm
content: Quote from: staxquad on May 10, 2015, 05:14:57 pmYes -Code:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhwwrSaHdh8

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 05:43:27 pm
content: "it booted the operating system so we printed PI and opened the champagne"It's funny to to see all those large boards with rows of DIPs.

author: Sionyn
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 05:47:47 pm
content: don't forget Steve Furber

author: tggzzz
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 05:52:55 pm
content: As a matter of historical accuracy, the groundbreaking ARM1 instruction set was invented by Roger Wilson, not Sophie Wilson.Similarly the groundbreaking "Sonic Seasonings" album - which pioneered "ambient/new age" music half a decade before Brian Eno and a decade before everyone else - was created by Walter Carlos, not Wendy Carlos.

author: Sionyn
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 05:55:31 pm
content: this youtube discontinuing support of API 2.0https://developers.google.com/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocolmost likely to do with advertising as i understand api 2.0 dosen't support but i thought that didn't effect embeded videos ?also saw this youtube is having problems driving traffic to its sitehttp://www.wsj.com/articles/viewers-dont-add-up-to-profit-for-youtube-1424897967

author: zapta
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:10:24 pm
content: Quote from: tggzzz on May 10, 2015, 05:52:55 pmIt's the same person, right?

author: nctnico
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:13:14 pm
content: Appearantly (actually not) it is:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson

author: tggzzz
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:22:57 pm
content: Quote from: zapta on May 10, 2015, 06:10:24 pmYes, In both the cases I quoted.

author: tggzzz
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:24:17 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on May 10, 2015, 06:13:14 pmWackypedia is not a reliable source of "contentious" factsBut you knew that!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Transgender_and_transsexual_computer_programmers

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:31:26 pm
content: Quote from: Sionyn on May 10, 2015, 05:55:31 pmI posted a notice about it in the Supporter's lounge so somebody in charge can investigate.

author: EEVblog
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 11:47:26 pm
content: Quote from: xrunner on May 10, 2015, 06:31:26 pmFixed now. Deactivated the old Avea plugin that did this and installed Simple Audio Video Embedder

author: Christopher
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timestamp: May 11, 2015, 05:28:12 am
content: The interviewer kinda annoys me in some of his other VideosHe does have some really good chinese factory tours though

author: donotdespisethesnake
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timestamp: May 11, 2015, 09:03:23 am
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on May 10, 2015, 05:17:42 pmLOL, downgrade the achievement because she is now a woman?In the case of a RISC CPU like ARM, the instruction set IS the processor.

author: tggzzz
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timestamp: May 11, 2015, 09:07:49 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 10, 2015, 11:47:26 pmAny chance of getting rid of tapatalk? See XKCDhttp://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1174:_App

author: Howardlong
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timestamp: May 11, 2015, 09:29:00 am
content: Quote from: Christopher on May 11, 2015, 05:28:12 amHe was annoying me in those three videos, and I may be wrong but I got the impression that Sophie Wilson was getting a tad irritated at times by his apparently somewhat unprepared and unresearched questions. This is a shame, she is rarely seen interviewed on publicly available media, and has some good anecdotes to tell.In fairness I did learn a few new things, such as how Apple's intervention essentially created the Acorn/ARM split, although in the early years it was in name only. She came across as not only very astute on the technical side but also had a firm understanding of the financials too, but then maybe she's benefitted with a few employee stock perks over time.Thanks to the OP for posting.

author: mikeselectricstuff
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timestamp: May 11, 2015, 09:52:16 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on May 11, 2015, 09:41:13 amThat was quite clearly explained in the 3rd video - you have the instruction set, and then the hardware machine that implements it.I met Roger a couple of times back in the early ARM days - probably the smartest, yet modest person I've ever met -undoubtedly the highest smartness-to-ego ratio.

author: Mechanical Menace
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timestamp: May 11, 2015, 09:59:21 am
content: Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on May 11, 2015, 09:03:23 amHow did you get that from what I said? I wasn't "downgrading her achievement," I was trying to address the incorrect implication that she invented the ARM single handedly. I've a feeling she'd agree with me there. And it definitely had nothing to do with what genitals she has now, was born with, or how she decides to identify herself.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2015, 01:31:27 am
content: Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on May 11, 2015, 09:03:23 amYou are making things up.