Cyrix MXi

The Cyrix MXi is Cyrix Corporation's next-generation MediaGX processor. Like the MediaGX, the MXi will be a fully-integrated, cheaply priced CPU. This processor will probably be the greatest solution for users on a tight budget, who don't want to lose any performance.

The MXi will be the first processor to integrate 2D and 3D graphics, consumer-quality DVD, as well as the industry’s highest memory bandwidth, all in an affordable solution for the mainstream desktop.

Featuring the next-generation Cayenne core is MXi strengthened by a dual-issue, fully pipelined floating point and MMX unit with 15 new multimedia floating point instructions called MMFP. The processor also integrates the latest system technology, including SDRAM control, AGP and consumer-quality DVD playback, onto the processor. With its low memory latency and industry-leading memory bandwidth – greater than 2GBytes per second – the MXi is expected to significantly outperform competing non-integrated AGP solutions according to Cyrix.

"MXi will deliver a quantum leap in 3D, DVD and multimedia performance in an affordable, two-chip solution – just add memory," said Steve Tobak, vice president of corporate and channel marketing, Cyrix. "This chip will also provide the industry’s highest memory bandwidth, resulting in AGP performance twice that of the Pentium II processor."

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