Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:20:27 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Khan M. Klatt" <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix anyone? (fwd) |
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On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
> > > It would be really interesting if Cyrix included in their engineering > > > of their next design a publically available suite of code developed to > > > run quickly on high-end intel platforms. [Say..., perhaps... Linux.] > > > > Cyrix is working with Linus to make sure Linux takes advantage of the > > features of their chips. I think they started talking about 6 weeks ago. > > Somebody changed the topic, and this one slipped through...but anyways, > comp.os.linux.announce mentions a Cyrix tuning module is available.
If you're talking about Edwin Lim's post, you'll note that it was talking about Cyrix's 5x86 chips; (equivalent to souped-up 486 class Intel chips)... *NOT* the Cyrix 6x86 class which outperform the fastest Pentium 166Mhz chips...
When someone says "the features of their chips" I'm assuming it's the neat innovative features (read: I have no idea what they are) of the 6x86 that Cyrix has innovated, not the older, standard 486-like features of the 5x86 class of chips...
-Khan
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