National Semiconductor’s decision to leave the consumer PC processor category will have little effect on the downwardly spiraling prices that processors and PCs have endured, but industry watchers are ...

For Windows users, deciding whose microchip you wanted to power your personal computer used to be a no-brainer. It was Intel inside or nothing else. Or so it seemed. Intel is the computer industry’s ...

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 ...

In my social life–a giddy round of evenings at the opera and sophisticated dinner parties–I’m often asked The Question: “I want a computer that will let me do all the business applications like word ...

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 ...

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 ...

Intel's legal bid to prevent major competitor AMD from selling its own MMX chip has failed in the US. But Cyrix has capitulated to Intel's legal demands, admitting that the three letters - MMX - ...

Intel's legal bid to stop competitor AMD from selling its own MMX chip has failed in the US. But Cyrix has capitulated to Intel's legal demands, admitting that the three letter belong to the chip ...

This first installment in a series about silicon gone sour takes a look back at the Cyrix M1 and Intel's Itanium, as well as today's Barcelona from AMD. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer ...

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 ...

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 ...