Mobiles take a great leap forward is the title of an interesting little article on the BBC News website. The main focus of the article is about the increasing capability of mobile phones thanks to the inexorable increase in power of microprocessors predicted by Moore's Law . As someone who has studied technology trends I have a huge respect to the man who had the insight and courage to make the assertion that the number of transistors that can be built on a chip would grow exponentially. To make that assertion in 1965 when most of us in the UK were watching valve based televisions and listening to transistor radios was truly visionary.
However, nestled inside the article is a statement that ought to be headlined as a matter of UK national pride, especially given the current economic gloom where the news is dominated by the loss of companies which are house hold names. To me it is proof that the UK still has engineering capability that should make us all proud. Perhaps the most iconic product of the new millennium is mobile phone and, I quote: "...More than 80% of the chips inside mobile phones are designed by UK firm Advanced Risc Machines (Arm)...".
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