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RSS AcornBoffins aim for clockless chip
News The project is lead by Steve Furber, Professor of Computer Engineering at Manchester University, is to develop the Acorn RISC processor which became the basis of the ARM processors. A team of researchers at Manchester... [26 Oct 2001]
Morning Edition: Still Blu, Autonomy boost and Cyber village in crisis
News Less impressed with their luck are residents of the Acorn Televillage near Crickhowell in Wales. Blu controversially brought the Italian 3G licence auction to an abrupt halt when shareholder infighting saw the company... [25 Oct 2000]
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News Born out of the remains of Acorn Computers, Element 14 - which designs chips for the digital subscriber system - accepted an all-share offer from Silicon Valley-based Broadcom Corp. It normally happens on Friday but Dell... [05 Oct 2000]
Acorn sells out for £270m
News Acorn Group has agreed to a £270m bid from investment house, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. The move will see Acorn shareholders receive two shares in ARM - the chip-designing firm part-owned by... [27 Apr 1999]
Acorn opens digital TV research facility
News In a move to reposition itself away from its failing PC processor business Acorn is opening a new digital TV processor research facility in Bristol. In September, Acorn announced it would stop developing... [17 Dec 1998]
In brief: Acorn takes refuge in digital TV
News Acorn Group is turning its back on desktop products, in favour of jumping on the digital TV set-top box bandwagon. The company has announced the cancellation of its Risc PC 2 project and said it will cut its workforce by... [18 Sep 1998]
In brief: Acorn says goodbye to chips
News Acorn may sell its remaining 26 per cent share in ARM, according to recent press reports. The chip maker's value has soared to £501m since the bulk of it was sold by Acorn early last year. However,... [14 Aug 1998]
Macs and schools go hand in hand - but is Apple losing its grip?
Comment English IT decision making was centrally driven from an Acorn, and now a PC, bias. The education sector has long been a stronghold for Apple, and remains so, despite the company's recent troubled times. [23 Jul 1998]
School Internet project proves a hit
News Low downtime and high support were fundamental requirements for the project - so we chose Macs above PCs and Acorn computers," she explained. SchoolNet 2000 - the UK's largest Internet education project to date - has... [01 Jul 1998]
