Francis, all:
About the Another start-up target's Intel's x86. I would be more worried about IDTI, NSM and AMD since they can't either make money or produce a chip.
This company, Rise Technology, sounds like an International Meta Systems. They, too, claimed to have a design on an x86 class processor and refused to disclosure their foundary partner.
"It will compete head-to-head with IDT's WinChip and Cyrix's highly integrated processors," Diefendorff said. "The mP6 is bucking the integration trend pursued by Cyrix and IDT. Rise says it may develop integrated parts later, and it is planning to license its technology to selected partners that could produce such products."
Rise believes its processor does not infringe any Intel patents, but it is using an Intel-licensed fab to be safe," Diefendorff said. "The start-up did not disclose its foundry partner, but possible candidates include IBM, Texas Instruments, and SGS-Thomson [now ST Microelectronics]." What happened to TSMC as Fuchi said was going to fab Cyrix processors? How about UMC? <g>
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