ACM
Queue: If you were looking for lessons on energy-efficient
computing, one person you would want to speak with would be
Steve
Furber, principal designer of the highly successful
ARM
(Acorn RISC Machine) processor.Currently running in
billions of cell phones around the world, the ARM is a prime
example of a chip that is simple, low power, and low
cost.Furber led development of the ARM in the 1980s while at
Acorn,
the UK company also known for the
BBC
Microcomputer, which Furber played a major role in
developing.David Brown
interviews
Furber about some of the lessons on energy-efficient
computing he has learned through working on these and
subsequent projects.Furber also talks about his current
project,
SpiNNaker
(Spiking Neural Network Architecture), a massively parallel
system of a million ARM processors designed to simulate the
workings of part of the human brain.
