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- The Cyrix 6x86 is a line of sixth-generation, 32-bit x86 microprocessors designed and released by Cyrix in 1995. Cyrix, being a fabless company, had the chips manufactured by IBM and SGS-Thomson. The 6x86 was made as a direct competitor to Intel's Pentium microprocessor line, and was pin compatible.
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In Cyrix's first product, the 8087 math co-processor, Cyrix used hardware math multipliers rather than the CORDIC algorithm, which allowed the chip to be faster and more accurate than Intel's co-processor. Thus, while AMD's 386s and even 486s had some Intel-written microcode software, Cyrix's designs were completely independent.
Nov 3, 2022 · In 1996, Cyrix unveiled the 6x86 (M1) processor, which was expected to be yet another drop-in replacement for older Intel CPUs on Socket 5 and Socket 7 motherboards with decent performance.
Apr 28, 2021 · Cyrix processor chips: In memoriam. Last Updated on April 3, 2024 by Dave Farquhar. Cyrix was a scrappy, up and coming CPU manufacturer in the 1990s. They never had Intel’s name recognition, but for a few years they made life more difficult for its larger rivals, Intel and AMD.
The Cyrix 6x86 is a line of sixth-generation, 32-bit x86 microprocessors designed and released by Cyrix in 1995. Cyrix, being a fabless company, had the chips manufactured by IBM and SGS-Thomson. The 6x86 was made as a direct competitor to Intel's Pentium microprocessor line, and was pin compatible.
The Cyrix 5x86 is a line of x86 microprocessors designed by Cyrix and released on June 5 of 1995. [1] [2] [3] Cyrix, being a fabless company, had the chips manufactured by IBM. The line came out about 5 months before the more famous Cyrix 6x86.
Apr 8, 1997 · Cyrix 6x86MX-PR2/233+. PR2/233. 200MHz. 66 MHz x 3.0. The first generation of the 6x86MX is quite unique when compared to the AMD K6 and Intel Pentium MMX/II. First of all, due to stability ...
Jan 5, 2001 · It seemed that Cyrix was on its way to becoming a major player in the Intel dominated field of CPUs. This forecast changed, however, with Cyrix's acquisition by National Semiconductor....
