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=== Cyrix Media GXi, Jedi, and Gobi Cayenne === Cyrix developed the Cayenne core as an evolution of the 6x86MX/MII processor, with dual issue FPU, support for 3DNow instructions and a 256 KB, 8-way associative, on-die L2 cache. This core was intended to be used in multiple products, including a successor to the MediaGX chip, a product codenamed Jedi which was to be a Socket 7 compatible processor which was later cancelled in favor of a Socket 370 compatible processor codenamed Gobi.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cpushack.com/2012/10/31/cyrix-joshua-processor-from-peppers-to-the-bible/ |title=Cyrix Joshua Processor: From Peppers to the Bible |work=CPUShack Museum |date=31 October 2012 |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref>{{clarify|date=May 2020|reason=Why are we citing a source about the Cyrix Joshua processor without our article ever mentioning the Cyrix Joshua processor?}} The Media GXi implementation was released in February 1997; intended for the mobile computing market, it had clock speeds of 120 Mhz to 180 Mhz, and had integrated graphics and audio controllers, making it useful for compact [[notebook computer]]s.<ref name="TweakTown">{{cite web |title=VIA C3 (AKA Cyrix 3) |page=1 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=July 5, 2001 |work=TweakTown |url=https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/22/via_c3_aka_cyrix_3/index.html |access-date=May 26, 2020 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729035127/https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/22/via_c3_aka_cyrix_3/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later that year, Cyrix was acquired by [[National Semiconductor]].
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