Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

StrongARM
     
         A collaborative project between {Digital Equipment
        Corporation} and {Advanced RISC Machines} Ltd. (ARM) announced
        on 1995-02-06 licensing the {ARM} {RISC} architecture to
        {Digital Semiconductor} for the development of
        high-performance, low power {microprocessors}.
     
        The StrongARM family of 32-bit RISC products developed under
        the agreement are faster versions of the existing ARM
        processors with a somewhat different {instruction set}.  They
        are targetted at applications such as next-generation
        {personal digital assistants} with improved user interfaces
        and communications; {interactive television} and set-top
        products; video games and {multimedia} {edutainment} systems
        with realistic imaging, motion and sound; and digital imaging,
        including low cost digital image capture and photo-quality
        scanning and printing.
     
        The StrongARM family has limited software compatibility with
        the {ARM6}, {ARM7} and {ARM8} families due to its separate
        {caches} for data and instructions which causes
        {self-modifying code} to fail.
     
        The {SA-110} is the first member of the family.
     
        (1998-09-07)