On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 10:58:59 -0500, Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 15 February 2002 10:47 pm, James wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:21:53 -0500
> >
> > "Terry Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > K5-* == i486
> > > > > K6-* == i586
> > >
> > > Not quite. K5 is a Pentium clone. K6 added MMX and K6-2 added 3dnow!.
> > > So, K5 and K6 should both be i586...
> > > K6-3 is the same as K6-2 with the addition of on-die L2 cache...
> > >
> > > Terry
> >
> > True and as well there are some i686 rpms on my box now... running fine.
> > Also when I compile a kernel under 2.2 I chose i586 under 2.4 I chose
> > k-6 family. Wasn't i686 originally the Cyrix soon followed by the
> > Celeron?
>
> Cyrix is a separate chip comany altogether. Like AMD. Though I don't
> think they're around any longer.
Cyrix was bought by VIA Technologies, along with most of the graphics division
at S3 (which is now called SonicBlue) and Centaur Technologies (makers of the
IDT Winchip).
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