Why Learn ARM?

Post date: Mar 30, 2018 6:45:29 AM

Whether you're learning computer science, any field of engineering or just curious, you should get to know about the ARM processor. Not too long ago, learning assembly language means learning the x86 assembler. Even Tutorialspoint only has x86 in its assembly language tutorial.  Well, not all computers are based on the x86 architecture. The following infographic from AMD (who makes x86 processors) show that ARM has grown while all other architectures combined has shrunk. Intel and ARM combined has 80% of the market share.

Why is ARM so strong? Find out in my introductory chapter is the slides folder here.  Enjoy the ride!