The StrongARM was a collaborative project between DEC and Advanced RISC Machines to create a faster ARM microprocessor. You can't do it, but, yeah, if you could we'd use it." DEC approached Apple wondering if they might be interested in a high-performance ARM, to which the Apple engineers replied "Phhht, yeah. One of the only major users of the ARM for performance-related products at that time was Apple, whose Newton device was based on the ARM platform. They then became interested in designs dedicated to low-power applications which led them to the ARM family. According to Allen Baum, the StrongARM traces its history to attempts to make a low-power version of the DEC Alpha, which DEC's engineers quickly concluded was not possible.
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