Rise announces 3-way superscalar x86

5 hours ago, Rise revealed details of its new mP6 x86 core: it is 3 way superscalar, is pipelined and has a 3 way superscalar MMX unit. According to this EETimes article sent to us byChris Howard the processor is specifically targeted at multimedia applications, while boasting low power consumption Ed: It would be interesting to know how much of a performance boost the 3rd way gives them: for normal C code the V pipe of the pentium is used around 30% of the time. A third pipe would be used even less. 3-way superscalar MMX makes more sense however as only a few critical routines need to be changed. If a large OEM like Compaq were to ship a DVD-player on each of its boxes, it could expect the DVD software to be tailored for the chips it uses. update: The mP6's measured speed is around 1.15 times the speed of a Pentium II on Windows Apps. However their use of a 6-stage pipeline may reduce their ability to reach high MHz.