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From Acorn to ARM with Professor Steve Furber MBE

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11th November 2025 54 min

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Professor Steve Furber MBE has had an enormous impact on the computer industry. From inspiring a generation of young coders with the BBC Micro in the '80s to the creation of the ubiquitous ARM CPU, he has been at the heart of an industry.

Today we see part one of the lecture he gave at The Cave, taking us from Acorn to ARM. Part 2 is coming soon.

Episode Links:

Part 1 (this video): https://youtu.be

Part 2: Coming on 13/11/25 (or watch now on patreon.com/theretrocollective)

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  • nostalgia
  • computer history
  • tech history
  • arm processor
  • acorn computers
  • Sophie Wilson
  • Chris Curry
  • Steve Furber
  • BBC Micro
  • computer literacy
  • UK retro computing
  • RISC CPU development
  • the first ARM CPU
  • AI development
  • spinnaker project

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