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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (33843)	3/27/2001 8:22:20 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) of 275872

RE:"Apparently VIA dumped the original Cyrix III core and replaced it with the WinChip 4 design that they acquired from Centaur. But they kept the Cyrix brand name" True but I doubt there was any dipstick left from the Joshua, M2. Via tried to jack up the FPU but the scaling was futile. The Winchip4=samuel=Cyrix III, the Cyrix III was never the old Cyrix chip, just the name. This is one great example of Mhz sells-(TM McMannis) (or didn't sell) and it looks like VIA learned the hard way by buying Cyrix and may yet learn another lesson with the Samuel. I believe it starts at 733 but they never told us "how high". Meanwhile Durons keep moving up in Mhz. COuld get down and dirty with the "ultra low end" Celeron... On the plus side the Cyrix III (aka Samuel) has the smallest die going and could cost >$35 to OEMs. Might even be a candidate for a notebook but it seems Transmeta is about at the same Mhz. Does the Cyrix III have any power management? ? Jim

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