MediaGX
Sign in to saveThe MediaGX CPU is an x86-compatible processor that was designed by Cyrix and manufactured by National Semiconductor following the two companies' merger. It was introduced in 1997. The core is based on the integration of the Cyrix Cx5x86 CPU core with hardware to process video and audio output (XpressRAM, XpressGRAPHICS, XpressAUDIO). Following the buyout of Cyrix by National Semiconductor and the sale of the Cyrix name and trademarks to VIA Technologies, the core was developed by National Semiconductor into the Geode line of processors, which was subsequently sold to Advanced Micro Devices.
Key facts
- CPU.name
- Cyrix MediaGX
- CPU.image
- Media_GX.jpg
- CPU.image_size
- 200px
- CPU.caption
- Cyrix MediaGX, BGA
- CPU.produced start
- February 20, 1997
- CPU.slowest
- 120
- CPU.fastest
- 300
- CPU.slow unit
- MHz
- CPU.fast unit
- MHz
- CPU.fsb slowest
- 30
- CPU.fsb fastest
- 33
- CPU.fsb slow unit
- MHz
- CPU.fsb fast unit
- MHz
- CPU.size from
- 0.35 μm
- CPU.size to
- 0.4 μm
- CPU.manuf1
- National Semiconductor
- CPU.arch
- x86-16, IA-32
- CPU.microarch
- 5x86
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Virtual Subsystem Architecture
- Media GX
- Media GXi
- MediaGXm
- Disadvantages
- See also
- References
- External links
The MediaGX CPU is an x86-compatible processor that was designed by Cyrix and manufactured by National Semiconductor following the two companies' merger. It was introduced in 1997. The core is based on the integration of the Cyrix Cx5x86 CPU core with hardware to process video and audio output (XpressRAM, XpressGRAPHICS, XpressAUDIO). Following the buyout of Cyrix by National Semiconductor and the sale of the Cyrix name and trademarks to VIA Technologies, the core was developed by National Semiconductor into the Geode line of processors, which was subsequently sold to Advanced Micro Devices.
Whether this processor belongs in the fourth or fifth generation of x86 processors can be considered a matter of debate as the processor was based on the 5x86 (a scaled down version of the Cyrix 6x86). While the 5x86 was intended to compete with the Intel Pentium line, the 5th generation x86, it was designed to interface with a 4th generation (80486) motherboard and had only the 486's instruction set, lacking the ability to run software requiring the Pentium's new instructions.