Acorn centre in Silicon Valley.

ACORN has announced it has set up an advanced research centre in Silicon Valley in the US. This follows Acorn’s move into the American market last year and the setting up of a US subsidiary, Acorn Computer Corporation.

The company has also announced profits for the whole group for the six months to January 1, 1984 up 156 percent to £5.21m. This despite incurring £2.5m costs to set up its US operation.
During the same period, turn-over also increased from £14.39m to £40.4m.

Despite acute manufacturing problems with the Electron computer — few retailers have yet to receive more than a few machines — the BBC micro continues to sell well.