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Nx586

A family of Pentium-class CPUs from NexGen, Inc. The line was dropped after AMD acquired NexGen. See AMD.

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The Nx586 processor is the only fifth-generation alternative to the Pentium processor currently in production.

Nexgen serves up new power chip

By year-end, NexGen's Nx586, Cyrix's M1 and Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) K5 microprocessors could be the chips of choice for a number of computer manufacturers.

Chips off the new block: Intel's Pentium is challenged by AMD, NexGen and Cyrix

The company began shipping its Nx586 chip, which is manufactured by IBM, in September 1994.