Het lijkt erop dat Cyrix zich terug trekt uit de markt voor x86 processors. De concurrentie met AMD en Intel is op dit moment te sterk en de prijzen zijn te laag. Toch jammer aangezien de 6x86 twee jaar geleden (qua prestaties) serieus kon concurreren met de Pentium, wat duidelijk maakte dat de Cyrix ontwikkelafdeling goed werk af kon leveren. Cyrix gaat zich focussen op geïntegreerde processors voor internet toepassingen enzo:
The company on Wednesday announced plans to discontinue its current MII processor line and sell off designs for the forthcoming next-generation Gobi microprocessor, developed by its Cyrix division. National will focus instead on integrated processors for the Internet appliance market.Steve Tobak, vice president of marketing at National Semiconductor, said an intense downward pricing pressure in the PC microprocessor space and an inability to differentiate the MII from its competitors, led to the decision to pull back. However, he said the company will continue to supply product to the channel during the transition.
"As far as the channel and our OEM customers are concerned, today's announcement should be virtually invisible," he said. "We will continue to sell to that market for the foreseeable future."
