Sophie Wilson

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Sophie Wilson

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• Computer Science

Why Is Sophie Wilson Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Sophie Mary Wilson is a transgender English computer scientist, who helped design the BBC Micro and ARM architecture. Wilson first designed a microcomputer during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge. She subsequently joined Acorn Computers and was instrumental in designing the BBC Micro, including the BBC BASIC programming language whose development she led for the next 15 years. She first began designing the ARM reduced instruction set computer in 1983, which entered production two years later. It became popular in embedded systems and is now the most widely used processor architecture in smartphones. Wilson is currently a director at the technology conglomerate Broadcom Inc. In 2011, she was listed in Maximum PC as number 8 in an article titled "The 15 Most Important Women in Tech History". She was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2019.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Sophie Wilson?

Sophie Wilson is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Cambridge