![Techmeme: [Thread] A look at the first ARM processor ARM1, which was built in 1985 and had 25K transistors, next to Apple's M1 chip, which has 8 cores and 16B transistors (Ken Techmeme: [Thread] A look at the first ARM processor ARM1, which was built in 1985 and had 25K transistors, next to Apple's M1 chip, which has 8 cores and 16B transistors (Ken](https://i.imgur.com/nKYQUVA.jpg)
Techmeme: [Thread] A look at the first ARM processor ARM1, which was built in 1985 and had 25K transistors, next to Apple's M1 chip, which has 8 cores and 16B transistors (Ken
![Visual Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 and ARM1 CPUs #VintageComputing #Microcontrollers #History #Commodore @Arm « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! Visual Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 and ARM1 CPUs #VintageComputing #Microcontrollers #History #Commodore @Arm « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!](https://cdn-blog.adafruit.com/uploads/2018/12/Motorola_68000_die_20x_1a_top_1600w-1.png)
Visual Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 and ARM1 CPUs #VintageComputing #Microcontrollers #History #Commodore @Arm « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
![Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "Here are the two dies at the same scale. The M1 is over twice as large physically as the ARM1. It has 16 billion transistors vs 25,000 for Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "Here are the two dies at the same scale. The M1 is over twice as large physically as the ARM1. It has 16 billion transistors vs 25,000 for](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmqIIIsVcAAUlm5.jpg:large)
Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "Here are the two dies at the same scale. The M1 is over twice as large physically as the ARM1. It has 16 billion transistors vs 25,000 for
![Visual Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 and ARM1 CPUs #VintageComputing #Microcontrollers #History #Commodore @Arm « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! Visual Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 and ARM1 CPUs #VintageComputing #Microcontrollers #History #Commodore @Arm « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!](https://cdn-blog.adafruit.com/uploads/2018/12/ba-15.png)
Visual Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 and ARM1 CPUs #VintageComputing #Microcontrollers #History #Commodore @Arm « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
![Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "Looking at the ARM1 die, you see functional blocks such as 100 bytes of registers and a basic 32-bit ALU. On the M1 die, similar-sized functional blocks are Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "Looking at the ARM1 die, you see functional blocks such as 100 bytes of registers and a basic 32-bit ALU. On the M1 die, similar-sized functional blocks are](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmqKtOFVoAAmKe8.jpg)
Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "Looking at the ARM1 die, you see functional blocks such as 100 bytes of registers and a basic 32-bit ALU. On the M1 die, similar-sized functional blocks are
![Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "The number of transistors in the original ARM1 chip is small enough that you can simulate the chip in your browser and see the individual transistors operating as Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "The number of transistors in the original ARM1 chip is small enough that you can simulate the chip in your browser and see the individual transistors operating as](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNWZ0TuVUAAraZc.png)
Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "The number of transistors in the original ARM1 chip is small enough that you can simulate the chip in your browser and see the individual transistors operating as
![Meet ARM1, grandfather of today's mobe, tablet CPUs – watch it crunch code live in a browser • The Register Meet ARM1, grandfather of today's mobe, tablet CPUs – watch it crunch code live in a browser • The Register](https://regmedia.co.uk/2015/11/28/arm1_visualized_inarticle.png)
Meet ARM1, grandfather of today's mobe, tablet CPUs – watch it crunch code live in a browser • The Register
![Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "The ARM1 processor ran at 6 megahertz, while the M1 runs at 3.2 gigahertz, over 500 times faster. While the ARM1 was a single processor, the M1 has Ken Shirriff on Twitter: "The ARM1 processor ran at 6 megahertz, while the M1 runs at 3.2 gigahertz, over 500 times faster. While the ARM1 was a single processor, the M1 has](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmqHF-WVgAEYq8F.jpg)