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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Well the Pi2 is still around £30 so some what less than the old Acorn. Shame the Archimedes wasn't supported properly then maybe we wouldn't have the PC and M$ and maybe the world would be using a UK designed computer.
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The Archimedes has had the last laugh and the world is using a UK-designed computer, though most people don't realise it. Its RISC architecture is still developed in Cambridge, by ARM Holdings, the company founded by Acorn in order to licence its CPU designs (ARM was originally an acronym for Acorn RISC Machine).
Processors using architecture designed and licensed by ARM Holdings are in most smartphones, and smartphones are what ensures that most people's everyday computing experience is no longer dictated by MS Windows.
Oh, and the original RISC CPU, as used in the Archimedes, was designed using a BBC Micro.
