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American microprocessor developer
Cyrix Corporation was a microprocessor developer that was founded in 1988 in Richardson, Texas, as a specialist supplier of floating point units for 286 and 386 microprocessors. The company was founded by Tom Brightman and Jerry Rogers. Jerry 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. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CyrixA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: CYRIX CORPThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: 6×86: the Cyrix solution to executing ×86 binaries on a high performance microprocessorCited 3 times
- Go sideways: Cyrix 6x86A closely related topic
- Go sideways: I486A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕CYRIX CORPICON Group Ltd. · 2000
- 📕Cyrix M1 Processor System Architecture (PC System Architecture Series)Tom Shanley · 1996
- 📕Cyrix Cx486DX and Cx486DX2 processors. · 1993
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