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== {{anchor|Podule}} Timeline == * 1994 β Risc PC 600 launched, featuring a 30 MHz ARM610 CPU.<ref name="chris-rpc"/> * 1995 β 40 MHz ARM710 CPU upgrade and Risc PC 700 model launched.<ref name="chris-rpc"/><ref name="acornuser199512_arm710">{{ cite news | url=https://archive.org/details/AcornUser162-Dec95/page/n50/mode/1up | title=ARM710 upgrade | work=Acorn User | date=December 1995 | access-date=15 November 2021 | last1=Barlow | first1=Richard | pages=51 }}</ref> * 1996 β 200 MHz StrongARM CPU upgrade released, offering a five-fold increase in raw processing power compared to the ARM7 used in the previous high-end machines.<ref name=chris-sa>{{cite web|title=Chris's Acorns: ART StrongARM CPU|url=http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/32bit_UpgradesA2G/Acorn_ART10_StrongARM202.html|publisher=Chris Whytehead|year=2009|access-date=2018-01-26}}</ref> * 1997 β Acorn launch Acorn J233 StrongARM Risc PC, featuring an uprated 233 MHz model of StrongARM and including Browser and Java software.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Whytehead|title=Acorn J233 StrongARM Risc PC|url=http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/SARiscPCJ233.html}}</ref> * 1998 β [[Castle Technology]] acquire the rights to continue to market and produce the Risc PC during the breakup of Acorn Computers.<ref name=drobe-cease>{{cite web|title=Castle bids farewell to Risc PC|url=http://www.drobe.co.uk/article.php?id=869|publisher=[[Drobe]]|date=11 November 2003|first=Chris|last=Williams|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> * 2000 β In May, Castle Technology reveal the Kinetic Risc PC range which included a faster processor card with onboard memory.<ref name=iconbar-kinetic>{{cite web|title=Castle reveal Kinetic to the press|url=http://www.iconbar.com/forums/viewthread.php?newsid=918|publisher=[[The Icon Bar]]|date=9 May 2000|first=Alasdair|last=Bailey|access-date=13 August 2009}}</ref> * 2001 β Viewfinder Podule, AGP adapter allows the use of IBM PC clone AGP graphics cards (e.g. a range of ATI Rage and Radeon).<ref name=drobe-viewfinder>{{cite web|title=Viewfinder 2 revealed|url=http://www.drobe.co.uk/article.php?id=352|publisher=[[Drobe]]|date=19 January 2002|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> * 2003 β Castle Technology announce the end of production and sale of the Risc PC.<ref name=drobe-cease/>
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