The ARM7TDMI processor is a 16-bit/32-bit RISC CPU designed by ARM, and licensed for manufacture by an array of semiconductor companies. It is a versatile chip designed for mobile devices and other low power electronics. This processor architecture is capable of up to 130 MIPS. Perhaps the most common pieces of electronic equipment currently using this processor are the iPod from Apple, the Game Boy Advance from Nintendo, and most of Nokia's mobile phone range. Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), is a microprocessor CPU design philosophy that favors a smaller and simpler set of instructions that all take about the same amount of time to execute. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The entrance to ARMs headquarters in Cherry Hinton, Cambridge ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) Ltd is a microprocessor design company headquartered in England, founded in 1990 by Hermann Hauser. ... A semiconductor is a material with an electrical conductivity that is intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor. ... Million instructions per second (MIPS) is a measure of a computers processor speed. ... A grayscale fourth-generation iPod with earphones. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... The Game Boy line is the best-selling handheld to date The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld videogame console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; (NASDAQ: NTDOY), TYO: 7974) is a Japanese company originally founded on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Nokia Corporation NYSE: NOK is one of the worlds largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers. ...

The processor supports both 32-bit and 16-bit instructions via the ARM and Thumb instruction sets, respectively. Further information, including manuals, can be found at the ARM topic and on the ARM Website. The ARM architecture (originally the Acorn RISC Machine) is a 32-bit RISC processor architecture that is widely used in a number of applications. ...