Cyrix 5x86

Cyrix 5x86
A Cyrix 5x86-100GP Microprocessor
General information
Launched5 June 1995
Marketed by
Common manufacturers
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate100 MHz to 120 MHz
FSB speeds25 MHz to 50 MHz
Cache
L1 cache16 KiB
Architecture and classification
Technology node0.65 μm
Microarchitecture5x86
Instruction setx86-16, IA-32
Physical specifications
Transistors
  • 2 million
Cores
  • 1
Socket
Products, models, variants
Core name
  • M1SC
History
PredecessorCyrix Cx486
SuccessorsMediaGX, Cyrix 6x86
Cyrix 5x86-120GP

The Cyrix 5x86 is a line of x86 microprocessors designed by Cyrix and released on June 5 of 1995.[1][2][3] Cyrix, being a fabless company, had the chips manufactured by IBM. The line came out about 5 months before the more famous Cyrix 6x86. The Cyrix 5x86 was one of the fastest CPUs ever produced for Socket 3 computer systems.[citation needed] With better performance in most applications than an Intel Pentium processor at 75 MHz, the Cyrix Cx5x86 filled a gap by providing a medium-performance processor option for 486 Socket 3 motherboards (which are incapable of handling Intel's Pentium CPUs, apart from the Pentium Overdrive).[citation needed]

The IBM 5x86C is an IBM branded and produced version of the Cyrix-designed Cyrix Cx5x86 CPU. Previous IBM x86 processors, IBM 386SLC and IBM 486SLC, were based on modified Intel designs.

  1. ^ "CYRIX SET TO RELEASE ITS 100-MHZ M1SC CHIP". InfoWorld. 5 June 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Cyrix Unveils M1sc As 5x86™ Processor Family". Cyrix. 5 June 1995. Archived from the original on 21 December 1996.
  3. ^ Crothers, Brooke; Uimmonen, Terho (12 June 1995). "Chip race heats up at Computex". InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 32. ISSN 0199-6649. Retrieved 30 April 2022.