ARM chips are the most popular 32-bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) ''microprocessormicroprocessors'' --the brain of the computer. It operates your computer by carrying that carries out its most complex functions -- and is mainly used in ''low power applications'' -- not much poer power is needd to operate the device -- . Approximately 1.6 billion are being made each year by different manufactures and are sold under a number of different brand names, brands like ARM, StrongARM, Armada, Cortex, OMAP, Sheeva, Snapdragon and XScale to name a few. The chips created are used in devices like cellphones, routers, NAS boxes, embedded controllers, tablets, netbooks and many others.