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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (25855)	4/13/1998 8:31:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

Jim - Re: "When are we going to see a 6x86MX on .25u? " Maybe this is it. And Fuchi will love the new name - the MII (Make It Intel). Paul {=================} techweb.com Cyrix Skips 266MHz, Goes Straight To 300MHz Chips (04/13/98; 6:59 p.m. ET) By Kelly Spang, Computer Reseller News Stepping up its CPU speed, Cyrix has leaped over its recently announced 266 megahertz (MHz) product and shifted volumes to a 300MHz processor. Less than a month ago, Cyrix, a subsidiary of National Semiconductor (company profile), unveiled its fastest 6x86MX processor -- a PR266 chip -- to be available in volume by the end of the second quarter. Skipping the PR266 chip, however, Richardson, Texas-based Cyrix said Monday it will instead produce a PR300 processor because of better than expected manufacturing yields. In addition, Cyrix will drop the 6x86MX product name, choosing instead the Cyrix MII brand, though there are little changes to the actual chip design. Cyrix labels its processor speed by performance ratings rather than MHz, which is the means Intel and Advanced Micro Devices denote processor speed. Pricing for the PR300 chip is the same as Cyrix projected for the PR266, $180 in 1,000 unit quantities. Value-added resellers (VARS) should find volumes of the new MII chip by May. "The way we price our parts allows [VARs] to position [the Cyrix processor] head to head against the Pentium II 300MHz," said Stan Swearingen, senior director of marketing for Cyrix. Cyrix is also offering resellers a chip it claims will outperform by 25 percent -- the new Celeron cacheless Pentium II 266MHz -- due from Intel this week, Swearingen said. A modification to the MII line is that the bus controller can support the 100MHz system bus, compared with the current 66MHz bus. In May, Cyrix will introduce its 100MHz system bus platform with the launch of its MII PR333 chip. From there, the chip maker will introduce a PR350 processor in the third quarter, and by Christmas will unveil a PR400 MII chip.