The story behind ARM, and the technology centre in Cambridge fashinates me. Go read some of it at reghardware. I’ll inspire you with a quote.
Herman Hauser was once asked why a great British success story like Acorn finally failed. He queried the last word: “There are over 100 companies in the Cambridge area that can trace their beginnings back to Acorn, and have been founded by Acorn alumni. ARM has now sold over ten billion processors, ten times more than Intel.”