Cyrix

Merger with National Semiconductor...

忽然想起小时候看到的一个笑话:某人去参观Cyrixr的总部,发现院子里有一个大墓碑,上书:
Intel Inside
恍若隔世...
摘抄Wikipedia一句话备忘:

Unlike AMD, Cyrix had never manufactured or sold Intel designs under a negotiated license. Cyrix's designs were the result of meticulous in-house reverse engineering. Thus, while AMD's 386s and even 486s had some Intel-written microcode software, Cyrix's designs were completely independent. Focused on removing potential competitors, Intel spent many years in legal battles with Cyrix, claiming that the Cyrix 486 violated Intel's patents.

By and large, Intel lost the Cyrix case.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrix#Legal_troubles

PS:By and large是"大体上"的意思.