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Wow, forgot all about Cyrix (and Nexgen): Circa 1996 they were a legit threat to Intel, in fact, that's part of the reason why Celeron was born. What a find!
by SavantIdiot 5y ago
Wow, forgot all about Cyrix (and Nexgen): Circa 1996 they were a legit threat to Intel, in fact, that's part of the reason why Celeron was born.
What a find!
- nereye 5y agoAnd IDT/Centaur’s WinChip, (later acquired by VIA, which then shipped the C3, Nano, etc,). There is a good documentary on the Centaur, unfortunately no comments when it came up in HN 3 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17471685 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17471685.