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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Acorn Computers canonical	25
Acorn Computers Ltd	2
Acorn System 1	1
Acorn computers	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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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ARM → originatedAt → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Arm Ltd. → foundedBy → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Arm Ltd. → spunOffFrom → Acorn Computers ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Acorn System 1

Acorn Computers → alsoKnownAs → Acorn Computers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acorn Computers Ltd

Acorn RISC Machine → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

BBC BASIC → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Arm → foundedBy → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Chris Curry → coFounded → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Chris Curry → employer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

BBC Micro → manufacturer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

BBC Micro → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Acorn Archimedes → manufacturer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Risc PC → manufacturer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Risc PC → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Risc PC → category → Acorn Computers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acorn computers

BBC Computer Literacy Project → hardwarePartner → Acorn Computers ⓘ

BBC Micro in 1981 → manufacturer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

subject surface form: BBC Micro

BBC Micro in 1981 → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

subject surface form: BBC Micro

Acorn Archimedes in 1987 → manufacturer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

subject surface form: Acorn Archimedes

Element 14 → formedFrom → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Element 14 → basedOnTechnologyFrom → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Arthur → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Arthur → company → Acorn Computers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acorn Computers Ltd

RISC OS → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Acorn Atom → manufacturer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Acorn Electron → manufacturer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Acorn Electron → developer → Acorn Computers ⓘ

Andy Hopper → founded → Acorn Computers ⓘ