Editing Acorn Archimedes A440 (section)

== Legacy ==

The A440 demonstrated the potential of RISC architecture in desktop systems and established ARM as a viable processor architecture. The idea for RISC architecture was first developed by John Cocke at IBM's Research Centre, with the name "RISC" coined at the University of Berkeley in California .

While commercial success was limited primarily to the UK education market, the technical achievements were substantial. The system proved that small companies could challenge established players through innovative design, and the ARM architecture would eventually become one of the most widely used processor designs in the world, particularly in mobile devices.