SGS-Thomson to clone Slot 1

In a move confirming the reasons it purchased Metaflow, SGS-Thomson has announced that it will be cloning Slot 1. This will be SGS's first recent x86 chip not based on a Cyrix designed CPU. In a similar deal to IBM's, SGS has had the option of manufacturing Cyrix processors under its own brand name to give Cyrix Fab capacity. However it did not exercise this option. Metaflow is interesting in that it pioneered out of order execution and uses other novel techniques. While SGS does not intend to sell its chips on the open market, it does increase the competition in the x86 market.