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ViaHardware has posted some follow up news on their feature on "What Happened to Joshua, The story of the Cyrix III" with some new news on Cyrix. Here is a snip:

I am following up on our "What Happened to Joshua, The story of the Cyrix III" with some more information on Cyrix. We have learned from a reliable source that Paul Demetrotion has resigned from VIA-Cyrix. Mr. Demetrotion is one of the last Debug specialists there. A debug specialist is someone who tests products to find and fix bugs on the silicon after it comes back from the FAB.

So where does this leave Cyrix? Remember Cyrix is the company whose Cyrix III processor was passed over for a processor from team-mate in the processor world; Centaur. Cyrix not only had to bite the bullet that their processor could not compete with CentaurĀ“s, they also had to swallow the fact that their name was taken from them to promote the Centaur Product.
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