strong-arm

adj : impelled by physical force especially against resistance;

"forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical";

"strong-arm tactics" [syn: {forcible}, {physical}]

v 1: handle roughly; "He was strong-armed by the policemen"

2: be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when

she was young" [syn: {bully}, {browbeat}, {bullyrag}, {ballyrag},

{boss around}, {hector}, {push around}]

3: use physical force against; "They strong-armed me when I

left the restaurant"

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)