List of x86 manufacturers
Manufacturers
x86-compatible processors have been designed, manufactured and sold by a number of companies, including:
x86-processors for both regular PCs and embedded designs
Currently:
In the past:
- Transmeta (discontinued its x86 line)
- Rise Technology (acquired by SiS, that sold its x86 (embedded) line to DM&P)
- IDT (Centaur Technology x86 division acquired by VIA)
- Cyrix (acquired by National Semiconductor)
- National Semiconductor (sold the x86 PC designs to VIA and later the x86 embedded designs to AMD)
- NexGen (acquired by AMD)
- Chips and Technologies (acquired by Intel)
- IBM (discontinued its own x86 line)
- UMC (discontinued its x86 line)
- NEC (discontinued its x86 line)
x86-processors for embedded designs only
- DM&P Electronics (continues SiS' Vortex86 line)
- ZF Micro (ZFx86 - Cx486DX SoC)
- Zet GPL open source FPGA implementation targeting the Xilinx ML403 and Altera DE1[1]
- RDC Semiconductors (R8610 and R8620)
- Nvidia (M6117C - 386SX - discontinued)
- ALi (x86 products went to Nvidia through the ULi sale)
- SiS (sold its x86 line to DM&P)
- ao486 open source FPGA implementation of the 486SX. Currently targets the Altera DE2-115.[2]
Manufacturing-only of x86-processors designed by others
- GlobalFoundries (manufactures processors for AMD)
- IBM (manufactures processors for ZF Micro and VIA; discontinued production for NexGen and Transmeta)
- TSMC (manufactures processors for AMD and VIA; discontinued production for Transmeta)
- Fujitsu (manufactures processors for VIA; manufactured processors for Transmeta)
In the past:
- UMC (manufactured processors for Rise, SiS, ALi, ULi and Nvidia; discontinued x86 production)
- National Semiconductor (manufactured processors for ZF Micro; discontinued x86 production)
Manufactured and sold under its own name of x86-processors designed by others
- IBM (designs by Cyrix; now this line is discontinued)
- SGS-Thomson (designs by Cyrix; discontinued x86 production)
- Texas Instruments (designs by Cyrix; discontinued x86 production)