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AMD Buys Pre-VIA Cyrix Media-GX Division

Posted by timothy on from the the-chips-that-started-out-down dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A long time ago, in what feels like a different universe, Cyrix created the first sub-$1000 PC based on a 2 chip solution called the Media-GX. Soon after National Semiconductor bought Cyrix, keeping the Media-GX team and selling the 686MX team to VIA. In the meantime, the Media-GX team have created the a series of single chip PCs, and a totally new CPU, the GX2. Now National Semiconductor is selling the division to AMD, which should give it a higher profile and better fab technology again." Reader jlouderb reminds us of National Semiconductor's Device Girls promotion, "a lame take-off on the Spice Girls," and points to coverage at eWeek of the purchase.

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  1. Old school by mao+che+minh · · Score: 5, Informative
    Speaking of old CPUs: Memory lane of old CPUs

    It even has a picture of the Media-GX in there.