Jackson said that Cyrix was aimed at the entry level notebook and PC market and that its future developments will include thin clients and WebTVs as well. Although Jackson would neither confirm nor deny that Acer was one of its customers, he did say that the applications group at Cyrix was developing processors for WebTVs, thin clients and other entry level machines. Jackson said that Cyrix' roadmap showed that its integrated 266MHz processor was already sampling and would be available this quarter, while its 300MHz Media GX will come in Q4. Mxi delay NatSemi-Cyrix admitted today that its Mxi processor was delayed until the first quarter of 1999 but claimed that its integration of separate functions meant it was already ahead of Intel by a clear 12 months. The company showed slides of a processor which integrated analogue as well as digital functions on a single chip, while still maintaining x86 compatibility.
Integration is the key to low end products.
Intel is coming over to our view that integration is important. He said that the combination of National and Cyrix technology helped to account for the delay. The Mxi chip was originally intended to ship in the second half of this year. He said that Cyrix had designed its own hardware 3D engine. All rights reserved.