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 ...

running at their maximum speeds (via overclocking and a standard hsf) which of these processors could achive a higher clock frequency?<P>the pr233 has a higher stock clock than the 166 but the 166 ...

LOS ANGELES--National Semiconductor, one of the companies that gave birth to the low-cost PC with its Cyrix chip brand, is, with the help of Hewlett-Packard, now looking to a future beyond the PC. But ...

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 is taking to the road. The chip and chipset maker, already a hit in Europe, is out to tout its low-cost Cyrix III to chip sellers in the United States. Via canvassed distributors and ...

In a new installment on computer history, [Bradford Morgan White] takes us through the sordid history of Cyrix, as this plucky little company created the best math co-processors (FasMath) and then a ...

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, ...

On March 25, VIA Technologies announced the launch of its new Cyrix III processor at CeBIT 2001 in Hannover, Germany. The new Cyrix III processor starts at speeds of 733MHz and is the first of its ...

TAIPEI — Via Technologies Inc. last week launched the speediest Cyrix III processor to date, running at 700MHz. The Taipei-based company also announced that it has started volume shipments of a new ...

First published 2 April, 1997. Cyrix's M2 processor is getting ready to join the coming out party for a new generation of processors. While AMD is getting set to launch its K6 processor next Thursday, ...

VIA announced that it has released the retail boxed versions of its Cyrix III processor in 600MHz, 650MHz, and 666MHz speeds. The processor is the first ever to be produced on the small .15 micron ...