Cyrix may not be out of the high-end game

Cyrix has disclosed some news on the "Jalapeno" P2 killer No release date is available, nor is any mention made of the chip itself on their homepage, but expect to hear more at the Microprocessor Forum. Where Cyrix is differentiating itself from the rest of the pack is its emphasis on the system performance (no need to put a Porsche engine into a Trabant). With complete control over the whole system (graphics core integrated), they should be able to squeeze more out of their motherboards. But then Intel has also joined them on the integration war-path. In other news, more companies have announced what their current research into SOI has achieved. Many are targetting the embedded world. For instance, Sharp has a 15mW SOI 50Mhz ARM chip. Thanks, Scott Lewis.