Matthew Panzarino for The Next Web:

Recently, at an SFTA event held at Citrix HQ, former Apple CEO John Sculley talked about the origins of the Newton and the ARM processor, which was a joint venture between Apple, Acorn Computers and VLSI. The ARM6 was used as the processor for the first Newton MessagePad, as Apple needed a more power efficient CPU for its portable.

The link to the video is worth checking out. Some interesting historical perspective from John Sculley about Apple’s first foray into handheld computing.