Editing Cyrix (section)

{{Short description|American microprocessor developer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Cyrix Corporation
| logo = Cyrix logo.svg
| type = Public company
| traded_as = [[NASDAQ]]: [https://www.thestreet.com/markets/monday-national-semi-to-buy-cyrix-30556&#124;Nasdaq: CYRX]
| industry = [[Semiconductor]]s
| fate = Merged and dissolved
| successor = Sold to [[National Semiconductor]] (later to [[VIA Technologies]]); assets sold to [[Advanced Micro Devices]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1988}}
| founder = {{ubl|class=no-wrap
   | Jerry Rogers
   | Tom Brightman<ref name="cyrix">{{cite web |url= http://www.cpu-info.com/coprocessor/index2.php?mainid=Manu&tabid=3 |title=Manufacturer articles (Cyrix) |accessdate=2008-09-10 |publisher=www.Coprocessor.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614122935/http://www.cpu-info.com/coprocessor/index2.php?mainid=Manu&tabid=3 |archive-date=June 14, 2011}}</ref>
}}
| defunct = {{end date and age|1997|11|11}}
| location = [[Richardson, TX]], USA
| products = {{Plainlist|
* [[Floating-point unit|Math coprocessors]]
* [[Coprocessor|Coprocessors]]
* [[Microprocessor|Microprocessors]]
* [[Central processing unit|Central processing units]]
* [[System on a chip|Systems-on-chip (SoCs)]]
}}
| num_employees = {{circa}} 300
| parent = <!--former parent companies, if any-->
| subsid = <!--former subsidiaries, if any-->
| website = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970110092110/http://www.cyrix.com/|title=cyrix.com}}
}}

'''Cyrix Corporation''' was a [[microprocessor]] developer that was founded in 1988 in [[Richardson, Texas]], as a specialist supplier of [[floating point unit]]s for [[Intel 80286|286]] and [[i386|386]] microprocessors. The company was founded by Tom Brightman and Jerry Rogers. Terry Rogers was also serving as the company Chief Executive Officer and president up until December 9, 1996, when he stepped down from this role, but remained on the Board of Directors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-06-16 |title=Cyrix Online - Cyrix Announces Management Change |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970616072856/http://www.cyrix.com/corpor/press/1996/mgt-jr.htm |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>

In 1992, Cyrix introduced its own [[i386]] compatible processors, the [[486SLC]] and [[486DLC]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 April 1993|title=Competition benefits consumers, Advancing technology produces good buy on computer chips|pages=36|work=[[Argus-Leader]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239878557/?terms=Cyrix%20Cx486DLC&match=1|access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> These had higher performance than the Intel parts, but a lower price.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=31 March 1992|title=Cyrix-Intel market fight heats up with new chip|pages=36|work=[[The Desert Sun]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/748935605/?terms=Cyrix%20Cx486SLC&match=1|access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=6 June 1992|title=Cyrix unveils desktop chip|pages=15|work=[[Victoria Advocate]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/432351150/?terms=Cyrix%20Cx486DLC&match=1|access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> They were primarily marketed to users looking to upgrade existing machines. Their release sparked a lengthy series of lawsuits with [[Intel]] while their [[Foundry model|foundry partner]] [[IBM]] was releasing the same designs under their own branding.

The combination of these events led Cyrix to begin losing money, and the company merged with [[National Semiconductor]] on 11 November 1997.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Takahashi|first=Dean|date=23 November 1997|title=Computer on a chip, National Semiconductor visionary CEO forsees $500 PC|pages=66|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/94951114/?terms=cyrix%20national%20semiconductor&match=1|access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=11 December 1998|title=National Semiconductor loss less than expected|pages=56|work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/648698180/?terms=cyrix%20national%20semiconductor&match=1|access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> National released Cyrix's latest designs under the [[MediaGX]] name and then an updated version as [[Geode (processor)|Geode]] in 1999. National sold the line to [[AMD]] in August 2003 where it was known as [[Geode (processor)|Geode]]. The line was discontinued in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techspot.com/article/899-history-of-the-personal-computer-part-4/ |title=History of the Microprocessor and the Personal Computer, Part 4 |first=Graham |last=Singer |date=15 May 2020}}</ref>