Editing Rise Technology

{{short description|Microprocessor manufacturer}}
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| name = Rise Technology
| logo = File:Rise Technology wordmark.svg
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| industry = Microprocessor manufacturer
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| founded = 1993<ref name="Crothers 2002">Brooke Crothers. {{cite web | title=Start-up pushes chips for low-cost PCs | website=CNET | date=January 2, 2002 | url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/start-up-pushes-chips-for-low-cost-pcs/ }}</ref>
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| defunct = 1999
| hq_location_city = [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], [[California]]<ref>{{cite book | author = | date = 6 July 1998 | title = InfoWorld | publisher = InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. | pages = 32– | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6lEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32}}</ref>
| hq_location_country = [[United States|U.S.]]
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| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970626035833/rise.com|date=June 26, 1997|title=rise.com}}
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[[File:KL Rise MP6 266.jpg|thumb|Rise [[mP6]]]]
'''Rise Technology''' was a short lived [[microprocessor]] manufacturer that produced the [[Intel]] [[x86]] [[MMX (instruction set)|MMX]] compatible [[mP6]] processor. The mP6 was a microprocessor that was designed to perform a smaller number of types of computer instructions so that it can operate at a higher speed (perform more millions of instructions per second, or MIPS). 

The [[Santa Clara, California]] based company was started by David Lin in 1993 with funding from 15 [[Taiwan]]ese investors, including [[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]], [[Acer (company)|ACER]] and [[VIA Technologies]]. After multiple company restructurings, the [[mP6]] was announced at the end of 1998 and went into small production in 1999. The device was meant for the low-end, low-power segment of laptop computers.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Santoni |first=Andy |date=July 6, 1998 |title=Rise readies itself as Intel's rival |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6lEEAAAAMBAJ&q=rise+technology+mp6&pg=PA32 |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |publisher=[[IDG]] |access-date=January 15, 2020 }}</ref> Finding itself unable to compete in the computing market with the larger vendors ([[Intel]] and [[AMD]]), Rise re-targeted itself to [[set-top box]]es and internet appliances. Towards that goal, Rise licensed their cores to [[STMicroelectronics]]. The company was acquired by [[Silicon Integrated Systems|SiS]] at the end of 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1140513 |title=SiS acquires Rise CPU technology
 |author=Mark Carroll |date=October 13, 1999 |website=[[EE Times]] |publisher=[[EE Times]] |access-date=May 21, 2006}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970626035833/rise.com|date=June 26, 1997|title=Official website}}
* [http://www.cpu-collection.de/?tn=0&l0=co&l1=Rise Rise Technology information on cpu-collection.de]
* [https://cpumuseum.jimdofree.com/museum/rise-technology/mp6/ Rise PR266 PR333 on cpumuseum.jimdofree.com]

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