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New chips on the horizon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the emulate-the-enemy dept.

Rewbob writes "Rise Technology officially released its roadmap for chips in the sub-$600 PC market and confirmed it will release a chip faster and compatible with Intel's Celeron. Check out the whole story over at news.com. "

8 of 37 comments (clear)

  1. sniff sniff by RoLlEr_CoAsTeR · · Score: 2

    According to those marvelous little benchmark graphs, my Cyrix MMX 233 is looking pretty shoddy.... I wonder, though, how much of a noticeable difference there is in performance. Checking out the Cyrix page http://www.cyrix.com and looking at a couple of the performance tests show the Cyrix MII as performing better than a Celeron, which, if Rise is supposed to be [soon] competing with, confuses me.... Of course, they might have been different chips, I couldn't actually tell, and they were different tests, as well.... Anybody have a better fix on things? (Perhaps I should chunk the Cyrix, eh?)

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    Insert mind here.
  2. Compatible by Kludge · · Score: 2

    Can you run them in SMP, like Celerys?
    I'm guessing probably not...

  3. If the Cyrix 6x86 is anything to go by... by John+Allsup · · Score: 2

    I had a cyrix once (didn't last long, went back
    under warranty, and I got it refunded and bought
    a pentium).

    When the 6x86 was brought out, Cyrix published
    benchmarks of 'floating-point applications'. They
    claimed that raw benchmarks were not truly
    representative, and so used non-fp-intensive,
    integer-intensive applications instead (so that
    the Cyrix P166+ came to about 1% ahead of an
    iP150). Running quake was a joke (most of the
    speed increase over my old 486/66 was due to
    the PCI graphics card (PCI Grafixstar 600 as
    opposed to an ISA Cirrus 5422). An iP90
    happily outpaced it at FP intensive applications.

    A frient bought a MII-300 (@233Mhz), and a
    similar story resulted (it getting slaughtered
    by a K6-233 with a slower graphics card).

    In short, NEVER buy a Cyrix.

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    John_Chalisque
    1. Re:If the Cyrix 6x86 is anything to go by... by John+Campbell · · Score: 3

      If your machine isn't used primarily for playing games, the Cyrix is a pretty good deal. In integer-intensive operations like, say, compiling the Linux kernel, it'll whip a Pentium's butt at the same clock speed. And clock speed isn't a particularly good rule against which to compare processors. If you're comparing a 233MHz 6x86 against a 233MHz K6, it's good to remember that the Cyrix costs half as much... and if you want to throw a 233MHz Intel into the mix, the Cyrix's price advantage is even more obvious...

      Basically, if you're concerned about maximum possible performance, get an Intel (or get an Alpha or something if you don't care about x86 compatibility). If you want the best price/performance ratio, there's AMD. And if you want acceptable performance at absolute dirt cheap prices, get a Cyrix.

  4. Re:motherboard by gavinhall · · Score: 2

    Posted by dadieo:

    Optimized for Low System Cost
    By specifically designing the mP6 microprocessors with low-power consumption and superior architectural features, Rise is able to reduce the overall cost to OEM's and systems integrators by allowing for the reduction of hardware components in a system. The triple MMX(TM) allows the mP6 processor to reduce the cost of the system by eliminating expensive hardware components like DVD decoders and modem chipsets and implementing those functions in software. In addition, the BGA packaging allows OEM's to mount the mP6 processor directly on a motherboard reducing system costs even further. The BGA packaging is possible due to extremely low power consumption of the mP6 processor.



  5. Rise by Mr.+Shadow · · Score: 2

    I'll be checking them out at Computex in Taipei on Monday. I'll send in report if anybody is interested. (Gee, maybe they'll be giving out samples!)

  6. Another Cyrix by heroine · · Score: 2

    Anyone can build a chip with no floating point unit and sell it for free. That's not really reducing the price of anything. What we need is a commodity 64 bit processor.

  7. Foreign markets being more lucrative ? by Wisp · · Score: 3

    In the long run if they focus on selling a Celeron clone for less to overseas markets, they could end up having a large chunk of worldwide processor processor sales.

    It would (somewhat loosely) parallel how readily Linux has been adopted by countries like Mexico and China as a good product for less.