Element 14 (company)

For other uses, see Element 14 (disambiguation).

Element 14 Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryDigital subscriber line
PredecessorAcorn Computers
Founded28 July 1999 (1999-07-28)[1]
Defunct4 October 2000 (2000-10-04)[2]
FateAcquired
SuccessorBroadcom
Key people
Stan Boland

Element 14 Ltd was a British developer of digital subscriber line (DSL) equipment created in July 1999 from the disposal of the assets of Acorn Computers.[1][3] As "a three-site startup", it combined teams from Acorn, Inmos/STMicroelectronics and Alcatel.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 1998". Companies House. p. 24. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ Gain, Bruce (4 October 2000). "Broadcom to pay $594M for European DSL supplier". EE Times. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  3. ^ Wilson, Dave (4 October 2000). "Broadcom acquires Element 14". The Engineer. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  4. ^ Fairbairn, Douglas (31 January 2012). "Oral History of Sophie Wilson 2012 Computer History Museum Fellow" (PDF). Computer History Museum. Retrieved 6 December 2022.