Cyrix Cayenne

The Cyrix Cayenne is Cyrix's next-generation 6x86MX processor core. CPUs based on the Cayenne core may be the first ever to leapfrog over Intel's processors, in terms of speed and performance. The weak FPU that plagued the original 6x86 and 6x86MX will completely dissapear in this new core, and these processors should be able to easily match Intel's Pentium II in any 3D application.

The Cayenne will feature a fully pipelined, dual-issue floating point unit and 15 new multimedia floating point instructions to enable the highest-performance 3D graphics, DVD and 3D audio.

"Future applications will require a no-compromise compute engine with balanced integer, floating point and multimedia capability," said Robert Maher, vice president of engineering, Cyrix. "The Cayenne core will deliver industry-leading 3D and multimedia performance for mainstream desktop PCs."

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