Cyrix
Sign in to saveCyrix Corporation was a microprocessor developer that was founded in 1988 in Richardson, Texas, as a specialist supplier of floating point units for 286 and 386 microprocessors. The company was founded by Tom Brightman and Jerry Rogers. Jerry Rogers was also serving as the company Chief Executive Officer and president up until December 9, 1996, when he stepped down from this role, but remained on the Board of Directors.
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- Company.name
- Cyrix Corporation
- Company.logo
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- Company.type
- Public company
- Company.industry
- Semiconductors
- Company.fate
- Merged and dissolved
- Company.successor
- Sold to National Semiconductor (later to VIA Technologies); assets sold to Advanced Micro Devices
- Company.location
- Richardson, Texas, US
- Company.num_employees
- 300
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18 sectionsContents
- History
- Products
- Cyrix FasMath coprocessors
- 486
- Cyrix 5x86
- Cyrix 6x86
- Cyrix 6x86L and 6x86MX
- Cyrix MediaGX
- Cyrix Media GXi, Jedi, and Gobi Cayenne
- Cyrix M3 Jalapeno
- PR system
- Manufacturing partners
- Legal troubles
- Merger with National Semiconductor
- Legacy
- In popular media
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Cyrix Corporation was a microprocessor developer that was founded in 1988 in Richardson, Texas, as a specialist supplier of floating point units for 286 and 386 microprocessors. The company was founded by Tom Brightman and Jerry Rogers. Jerry Rogers was also serving as the company Chief Executive Officer and president up until December 9, 1996, when he stepped down from this role, but remained on the Board of Directors.
In 1992, Cyrix introduced its own i386 compatible processors, the 486SLC and 486DLC. These had higher performance than the Intel parts, but a lower price. They were primarily marketed to users looking to upgrade existing machines. Their release sparked a lengthy series of lawsuits with Intel while their foundry partner IBM was releasing the same designs under their own branding.
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