Acorn Archimedes

E356794
desktop computer personal computer family

The Acorn Archimedes was a late-1980s family of personal computers from Acorn Computers, notable for introducing the powerful ARM RISC architecture that later became ubiquitous in mobile devices.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Acorn Archimedes canonical 8
Acorn Archimedes A300 series 1
Acorn Archimedes A3000 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desktop computer ⓘ
personal computer family ⓘ
architecture ARM ⓘ
architectureType RISC architecture ⓘ
surface form: RISC
bus Archimedes expansion bus ⓘ
category 1980s computers ⓘ
ARM-based computers ⓘ
RISC-based personal computers ⓘ
companyDivision Acorn RISC Machine ⓘ
surface form: Acorn RISC Machines (ARM) collaboration
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cpuFamily ARM ⓘ
surface form: ARM2

ARMv3 ⓘ
surface form: ARM3
cpuWordSize 32-bit ⓘ
graphicsCapability bitmap graphics ⓘ
guiEnvironment RISC OS ⓘ
surface form: RISC OS desktop
hasGUI yes ⓘ
influenced ARM-based mobile devices ⓘ
later ARM-based embedded systems ⓘ
instructionSet ARM instruction set ⓘ
introducedTechnology ARM ⓘ
surface form: ARM2 processor to the consumer market
manufacturer Acorn Computers ⓘ
marketRegion Europe ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor early commercial use of ARM RISC architecture ⓘ
high performance compared to contemporary 16-bit micros ⓘ
operatingSystem Arthur ⓘ
RISC OS ⓘ
powerSupply internal PSU ⓘ
predecessor BBC Micro ⓘ
primaryInputDevice keyboard ⓘ
mouse ⓘ
releaseDate 1987 ⓘ
seriesIncludesModel Acorn Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Archimedes A3000

Acorn Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Archimedes A3010

Acorn Archimedes series ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Archimedes A3020

Acorn Archimedes series ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Archimedes A305

Acorn Archimedes series ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Archimedes A310

Acorn Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Archimedes A4000

Acorn Archimedes series ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Archimedes A410

Acorn Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Archimedes A440
soundCapability 8-bit stereo sound ⓘ
storage 3.5-inch floppy disk drive ⓘ
hard disk drive (optional on early models) ⓘ
successor Acorn A5000 ⓘ
Risc PC ⓘ
surface form: Acorn Risc PC
targetMarket education sector ⓘ
enthusiast users ⓘ
home users ⓘ
videoOutput RGB monitor output ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acorn Computers → notableProduct → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
Acorn Computers → notableHardwarePlatform → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acorn Archimedes A300 series
BBC BASIC → usedOn → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
Hexen: Beyond Heretic → platform → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
BBC Micro → successor → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
Acorn Archimedes → seriesIncludesModel → Acorn Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acorn Archimedes A440
Acorn Archimedes → seriesIncludesModel → Acorn Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acorn Archimedes A3000
Acorn Archimedes → seriesIncludesModel → Acorn Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acorn Archimedes A3010
Acorn Archimedes → seriesIncludesModel → Acorn Archimedes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acorn Archimedes A4000
Risc PC → predecessor → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
Arthur → platform → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
Arthur → includedWith → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acorn Archimedes A305
RISC OS → originallyDevelopedFor → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
RISC OS → targetHardware → Acorn Archimedes ⓘ