List of x86 manufacturers
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x86-compatible processors have been designed, manufactured and sold by a number of companies, including:
x86-processors for regular PCs
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)
- Texas Instruments (discontinued its own x86 line)
- IBM (discontinued its own x86 line)
- UMC (discontinued its x86 line)
- NEC (discontinued its x86 line)
- VM Technology[2][3][4] (discontinued its x86 line)
- VIA Technologies (co-owns Zhaoxin joint venture, who's processors are based and continue VIA's x86 line)
x86-processors for embedded designs only
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- DM&P Electronics Vortex86
- ZF Micro ZFx86,[5] Cx486DX SoC
- RDC Semiconductors[6] x86 compatible RISC core (R8610，R8620，IAD series and EmKore series)RDC's newer SoC Series
- DP Kwazar SP (ДП КВАЗАР-ІС)[7] - As of October 2024, КР1810ВМ86 (Soviet/Ukraine 8086 clone) still appears on Kwazar's price list.[8]
- Xlichip (R30460 embedded microcontroller)[9]
In the past:
- ALi[10] / ULi[11] / Nvidia[12] - M6117C (386SX embedded microcontroller; went to ULi when ULi was spun off from ALi, then went to Nvidia when Nvidia acquired ULi)
- Auctor[13] / ACC Micro[14] - Maple SoC (Cx486DX4[15] core at 100 to 133 MHz)
- Advantech - EVA-X4150 and EVA-X4300 (SoCs with 486SX-compatible processors at 150 MHz and 300 MHz, respectively)[16]
- Innovasic - pin-compatible 80186/80188 clones[17]
- Infinior - IMS16 series (Am186EM-compatible microcontrollers)[18]
- Vadem - VG230 and VG330 (SoCs with NEC V30 CPU cores, manufacturing continued by Amphus)[19]
- SiS - SiS 55x (SoCs with Rise mP6-based CPU cores; About 200x,DM&P rebranded it to "original Vortex86")
- Bandai - SPGY-1000 series (SoCs with 186-compatible NEC V30MZ CPU cores, used in the WonderSwan series of handheld game consoles)[20]
- VAutomation[21] - offered synthesizable x86 cores, in particular the Turbo 186, that has been implemented in ASICs from numerous vendors, e.g.[22]
- Zoran Corporation: Vaddis 6
- Genesis Microchip Inc: GM1601
- Lantronix: DSTni-EX, DSTni-LX[23]
- Synergetic: EC-1[24]
- Pixelworks: PW164[25]
- CAST — offered synthesizable x86 and x87 IP cores for use in ASICs and FPGAs, such as the C80186XL,[26] C80187,[27] and C387L.[28]
- STMicroelectronics: STPC Atlas (486 core at up to 133MHz, embedded 2D graphics)[29]
Open source x86 cores
- ao486[30] open source FPGA implementation of the 486SX (currently targets the Terasic Altera DE2-115)
- S80186[31] open source 80186 compatible FPGA implementation
- Zet open source 80186 compatible FPGA implementation targeting the Xilinx ML403 and Altera DE1
x86-SoCs for mobile devices
- Rockchip (Intel SoFIA)
- Spreadtrum (Intel SoFIA)
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)
- DEC (manufactured 486 processors for AMD; discontinued x86 production)[32]
Manufactured and sold under its own name of x86-processors designed by others
Early Intel x86 CPU designs (up to the 80286) have in the past been second-sourced by the following manufacturers under licence from Intel:[33][34]
| Manufacturer | 8086/8088 | 80186/80188 | 80286 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Later developed independent x86 CPU designs. |
| Fujitsu | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Harris Corporation | Yes | No | Yes | |
| IBM | No | No | Yes | |
| Intersil | Yes | No | Yes | Continued to manufacture x86 CPUs after being spun off from Harris in 1999. |
| Matra Harris Semiconductors (MHS) | Yes | No | No | Joint venture between Harris and Matra. |
| Matsushita | Yes | No | No | |
| Mitsubishi | Yes | No | No | |
| NEC | Yes | No | No | Later developed independent x86 CPU designs. |
| OKI | Yes | No | No | |
| Renesas | Yes | No | No | Continued Intersil's 8086/8088 product line after acquiring Intersil in 2017.[35] |
| Rochester Electronics (REI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Manufactures other vendors' end-of-lifed chips under licence, on a built-to-order basis. |
| Siemens | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Manufacturers that have served as second sources for other x86 CPUs include:
| Manufacturer | Second source of |
|---|---|
| Sharp | NEC V20/V30 |
| Sony | NEC V20/V30 |
| Zilog | NEC V20/V30 |
| IBM | Cyrix 486, 5x86, 6x86, 6x86MX |
| SGS-Thomson | Cyrix 486, 5x86, 6x86 |
| Texas Instruments | Cyrix 486 |
| Rochester Electronics | AMD Élan SC300[36] |
Other/uncategorized
| Vendor | Product Line | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Montage Technology | Jintide | Pairs Intel Skylake Xeon CPU cores with specially designed I/O tracing and analysis chips to help provide improved security. Made as a multi-chip module, mainly for use in Chinese servers.[37][38][39] |
| MCST | Elbrus 2000 | Russian VLIW processor family, designed to run x86 code using dynamic binary translation. |
| Space Electronics Inc. / Maxwell | 80386DXRP | Intel 386 CPUs repackaged in special radiation-hardened packages for use in space.[40][41] |
| Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt | U80601 | East Germany 80286 clone, made in 1989-1990. |
| Eagle Memories,[42] MC[43] |
486DLC | OEM rebranded variants of Cyrix 486DLC CPUs. |
| Mitsubishi | Straker[44] | Intel SmartDie[45] based products, packaging an Intel-provided CPU die in OEM-specific packages, mainly for use in ultracompact laptops. |
| MicroModule Systems (MMS) | Gemini[46][47] | |
| Fujitsu | (Pentium)[48] | |
| Shenzen State Microelectronics (SSMEC) | SM486DX, SM486DX2 |
Pin-compatible i486 clones. Functionally indistinguishable from Intel 486 processors, but draw substantially less power.[49] |