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 …

Jul 4, 2024 · This made it possible to pair an AMD 386 CPU with a Cyrix FastMath co-processor and get 486-like performance at a lower price.

Apr 28, 2021 · In 1993, Cyrix also released an upgrade processor that plugged into a 386 socket, providing a clock-doubled 486-compatible CPU. While a 386 upgraded with one of Cyrix’s …

Apr 8, 2020 · When Cyrix designed the 486DLC upgrade processors for the 386 socket, it was not a problem to put 1K of internal cache on a 386-socket chip, or later even 8K in the case of …

Aug 6, 2015 · I installed a Cyrix 486DRx2 in my Compaq 386/20e. It also has an external cache controller and no issues running Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux. However, most of the …

Nov 13, 2015 · The CPUs that fit into a 386 socket are well known: Intel’s original, AMD’s exact copy, and Cyrix/TI upgrades. There is also IBM’s 386SLC which is close to a 386 but can’t be …

Jun 15, 2015 · Got my hands on a Cyrix 386SX to 486 snap-on CPU upgrade. I installed the Cyrix CPU- its a snap on over the soldered 386sx and installed with a snap (excuse the pun). I …

Aug 4, 2016 · The DLC-40 created by Cyrix was intended to be a drop in upgrade CPU for 32 bit 386 class motherboards which in essence gave 386 PC users a 486 CPU upgrade. It …

Jan 5, 2001 · Forming from a small number of former Texas Instruments employees in 1988, Cyrix originally did not produce CPUs at all, but rather math coprocessors for 286 and 386 …

Cyrix's first CPU is a hybrid design of 386 and 486. It was 386 bus compatible with 1kb internal cache and support for i486 instructions. The 486xLC is an original design that does not use …