For those of you who haven't checked it out already, anandtech posted a review of the Cyrix III which is, of course, created by VIA.<P>"People wondered how a company could allow a newer product at ...

Cyrix Corp. introduced the first true copy of Intel Corp.’s top microprocessor chip yesterday, perhaps intensifying competition for the leading maker of these “brains” of personal computers. Cyrix’ ...

Socket 7 processors, primarily characterized by a common interface between the L2-cache bus and the main system bus, are available from AMD, IBM, Integrated Device Technology (IDT), Intel, ...

The Pentium class MediaGX processor integrates memory and PCI controllers, graphics and audio into the CPU and carries a keen price that will create new opportunities in the sub-£1,000 PC market, ...

IT'S CLEAR THAT $999 for a PC with ""current'' specifications--133 MHz clock speed, 24 MB of RAM, 2-gigabyte hard drive--is a price breakthrough (monitor not included). That's how much Compaq's new ...

From CPUs that overheated to those with poor performance—plus some that nearly killed the companies that made them.