Company type | Computer hardware |
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Industry | Computer hardware |
Predecessor | Acorn Computers (via brand acquisition) |
Founded | April 2006 (second launch) |
Defunct | December 2009 |
Fate | Dissolved |
Headquarters | Nottingham, England, UK |
Products |
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Website | Website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-07-13) |
Acorn Computers Ltd was a British computer company based in Nottingham, England in the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2009. It licensed, in early 2006, the dormant Acorn Computers trademark from French company Aristide & Co Antiquaire De Marques.[1] This company sold IBM PC compatible computers[2] and had no connection to ARM, a spin-off from the original Acorn Computers.[3]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The new incarnation of Acorn Computers has no connection with ARM (Acorn RISC Machines, a spin-off) – which has since carved itself a lucrative niche in designing chips for mobile phones.