< processor > A microprocessor based on the ARM8 processor core designed by Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. Planned features include a 60-100Mhz clock rate ; 0.35-0.4 micron silicon fabrication; an improvement on the ARM7 's 1.4 cycle/instruction; a 16 Kbyte cache .
Some estimates were 100 MIPS and 120 Kdhrystones at 70Mhz (twice the ARM700 ). Samples of the ARM800 are expected to be available in late 1995.
It may run on a voltage below 3.3V.
Digital Semiconductor 's Hudson fab is 0.35 micron and they have announced a licensing deal for the ARM architecture (see StrongARM ).
(1995-02-07)