Acorn Computers

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British company computer company

Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Acorn Computers Ltd	1
Acorn System 1	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British company ⓘ computer company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Olivetti ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Acorn Computers ⓘ surface form: Acorn Computers Ltd
architectureType	RISC ⓘ
basedIn	Cambridge technology cluster ⓘ
collaboratedWith	BBC ⓘ surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor	education market ⓘ home computer market ⓘ
developed	ARM ⓘ surface form: ARM architecture Acorn RISC Machine ⓘ
dissolved	1998 ⓘ
foundedBy	Andy Hopper ⓘ Chris Curry ⓘ Hermann Hauser NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge England ⓘ
inception	1978 ⓘ
industry	computer hardware ⓘ computer software ⓘ
influenced	embedded systems industry ⓘ mobile computing industry ⓘ
introduced	Acorn Archimedes in 1987 ⓘ Acorn Electron in 1983 ⓘ BBC Micro in 1981 ⓘ
market	United Kingdom education sector ⓘ
notableContribution	early RISC personal computers ⓘ origin of ARM instruction set ⓘ
notableHardwarePlatform	Acorn Archimedes ⓘ surface form: Acorn Archimedes A300 series Risc PC ⓘ surface form: Acorn Risc PC platform
notableProduct	Acorn Archimedes ⓘ Acorn Atom ⓘ Acorn Electron ⓘ Acorn Computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acorn System 1 BBC Micro ⓘ Risc PC ⓘ
operatingSystemDeveloped	Arthur ⓘ RISC OS ⓘ
parentCompany	Olivetti ⓘ
peakPopularity	1980s ⓘ
processorFamilyUsed	MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
project	BBC Computer Literacy Project ⓘ
spinOff	ARM ⓘ surface form: ARM Holdings
successor	ARM ⓘ surface form: ARM Holdings Element 14 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Acorn Computers → alsoKnownAs → Acorn Computers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acorn Computers Ltd

Acorn RISC Machine → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Arm Ltd. → foundedBy → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Acorn Computers → notableProduct → Acorn Computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acorn System 1

ARM → originatedAt → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Arm Ltd. → spunOffFrom → Acorn Computers ⓘ