![]() Arm was only a tiny flame sparked by Apple and a few others, and was almost entirely focused on developing a processor for the infamous Newton. It looked like Intel was winning despite fierce competition in the microprocessor space Apple switched to IBM's PowerPC architecture, while Motorola's 68K chips were slowly dragging Commodore's Amiga PC to the grave. The early 1990s were a strange time for the desktop computing industry. ![]() Most of you are no doubt familiar with Intel and AMD, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and possibly even VIA – but there's another precursor chip maker that you should be familiar with.įor the better part of a decade, Cyrix brought the world of personal computing to millions in the form of attainable budget PCs, only to be killed by its best product and its inability to run a popular game, followed by a bad merger with a larger partner. ![]()
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