Steve Furber Talk - Acorn World - 13-09-2009

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Running Time : 1hr 8 mins

A presentation made at Acorn World - 13-09-2009 by professor Stephen Furber CBE. He talks about his involvement with the Mk14, SC/MP controlled fruit machines, the design of the BBC Micro, the development of the ARM processor and his latest project : SpiNNaker.

Date : 13th September 2009

Creator : Acorn Computers

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Date	Event
5 Dec 1978	Acorn Computers Ltd founded in Cambridge, UK
29 Dec 2007	Steve Furber appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours
26 Apr 1985	First ARM processor powered up
Mar 1980	Acorn releases the Acorn Atom
1 Dec 1981	Acorn releases the BBC Micro
1 Sep 1986	Acorn launches the BBC Master Compact
26 Jun 2016

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