Most of you are no doubt familiar with Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, IBM, Texas Instruments, and possibly even VIA – but there's another precursor chipmaker you should know about: Cyrix. For the better part ...

It’s been fairly warm in Richardson, Texas, this winter. But at computer chipmaker Cyrix Corp., temperatures have taken a nosedive. Stan Swearingen, Cyrix’s senior director of business management, is ...

The x86 CPU landscape of the 1980s and 1990s was competitive in a way that probably seems rather alien to anyone used to the duopoly that exists today between AMD and Intel. At one point in time, ...

Via Technologies is taking to the road. The chip and chipset maker is out to talk up its low-cost Cyrix III chip to chip sellers across the United States. Via canvassed distributors and PC equipment ...

VIA Technologies Inc launched the latest in its line of Cyrix III processors on Thursday. The 700MHz Cyrix III processor is part of VIA's (tse: 2388) line of chips aimed at the low-end or value PC ...

For those of you who haven't checked it out already, anandtech posted a review of the Cyrix III which is, of course, created by VIA.<P>"People wondered how a company could allow a newer product at ...

National Semiconductor last week reported it had signed a letter of intent for the Taiwanese firm Via Technologies to purchase National’s Cyrix stand-alone X86 PC processor business for an undisclosed ...

The processor, available at speeds starting at 733MHz, consumes as little as 6 watts, Via said, adding that it gives manufacturers the flexibility to design fanless silent PCs. Using a 0.15-micron ...

TAIPEI — Via Technologies Inc. will use next month’s CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany, as the launching pad for an enhanced version of its Cyrix III processor aimed at low-cost PCs, the company ...

The Pentium class MediaGX processor integrates memory and PCI controllers, graphics and audio into the CPU and carries a keen price that will create new opportunities in the sub-£1,000 PC market, ...

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