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cpuid of rebranded cyrix cpus

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First post, by noshutdown

Posted on 2019-03-22, 01:54

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you know cpuid usually returns:
"genuineintel"
"authenticamd"
"cyrixinstead"
"centaurhauls"
has anyone tried performing cpuid on ibm/st/ti 486 and 6x86 cpus and do they all return "cyrixinstead"?

Reply 1 of 4, by appiah4

Posted on 2019-03-22, 04:55

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Good question, also curious 😀

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Reply 2 of 4, by Rawit

Posted on 2019-03-22, 08:23

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My National Semiconductor GX1 returns "cyrixinstead".

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Reply 3 of 4, by feipoa

Posted on 2019-03-22, 23:20

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I'd like to know as well, but I suspect even the grandiose IBM chips are also "cyrixinstead"

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Reply 4 of 4, by keenmaster486

Posted on 2019-03-23, 01:24

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IBM branded Cx486 and 5x86 both return CyrixInstead.

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