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Apr 28, 2021 · 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. For a while, Cyrix processor chips were a popular choice for value-conscious PC buyers.
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.
Jan 5, 2001 · The New VIA Cyrix III: The Worlds First 0.15 Micron x86 CPU. Cyrix has undergone quite a few changes since the release of their first product. Forming from a small number of former Texas ...
Sep 22, 2017 · 38K. 2.1M views 6 years ago. Intel vs AMD? Forget it. The processor wars of the 90s are almost as legendary as Sega vs. Nintendo or Amiga vs. Atari. While Intel was improving the 386 and 486,...
The Cyrix Cx486 was an x86 microprocessor designed by Cyrix. It primarily competed with the Intel 486 with which it was software compatible, would operate in the same motherboards provided proper support by the BIOS was available and generally showed comparable performance. [1]
By Webopedia Staff. A U.S. corporation founded in 1988 that manufactures Intel-compatible microprocessors. Its 6×86 line of processors is comparable to Intel’s line of Pentium chips. Cyrix was acquired by National Semiconductor in 1997 and then by VIA in 1999. Webopedia Staff.
00:00 An Intro to Cyrix02:34 Cyrix Coprocessors04:32 Cyrix Enters the x86 Game12:43 Cyrix’s Decline19:20 Gameplay and Sound Tests33:18 QUAKE37:53 Concluding ...
