Castle Technology

Castle Technology Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer hardware
Computer software
Founded4 June 1993; 31 years ago (1993-06-04), in Colchester, England
FounderJohn Ballance
Jack Lillingston
Peter Wild
Defunct2018 (2018)
SuccessorRISC OS Developments Ltd.
Headquarters,
England
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jack Lillingston (CEO)
  • Peter Wild (COO)
  • John Ballance (CTO)
ProductsIyonix PC
RISC OS
RISC PC
DivisionsTematic
WebsiteCastle-Technology.co.uk

Castle Technology Limited, named after Framlingham Castle,[1] was a British computer company based in Cambridge, England.[2] It began as a producer of ARM computers and manufactured the Acorn-branded range of desktop computers that run RISC OS.[3]

Following the break-up of Acorn in 1998, Castle Technology bought the rights to continue production of the RISC PC and A7000+ computers under the Acorn brand.[4] Castle Technology later released the Iyonix PC in November 2002,[5] the first desktop computer to use the Intel XScale microarchitecture and then bought the rights to the RISC OS Technology from Pace in July 2003.[6]

  1. ^ Bailey, Alasdair (May 2000). "Interview: Castle Technology". Foundation RISCWorld. Archimedes Public Domain Library. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Castle confirms move to Tematic office was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cole, George (12 February 1999). "Apple's bigger bite". TES. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Acorn announces distribution deal with Castle Technology for RISC based products" (Press release). Acorn Computers. 12 October 1998. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Williams, Chris (4 July 2003). "Castle buys RISC OS from Pace". Drobe. Retrieved 30 August 2019.