You may be correct on the Cryx III team walking out, I heard that too. I was just unaware of the existance of a seperate C3 tream at Cyrix - guess I didn't read the industry rags close enough at the time :)

Ok, so this brings up the next question - what is the difference between the VIA C3 E-Series and the VIA Eden ESP Processors? The documentation states that the boards can be ordered with either processor installed.

--et 

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 19:25:52 -0400
"Andy Ball" <ball@cyberspace.org> wrote:

> 
> Hello Ernst,
> 
>   EdT> Has anyone tried NetBSD-i386 on these new-ish mini-
>      > ITX boards?
> 
> Not yet: I've only just read my first mention of them in a
> magazine interview with WenChi Chen.
> 
>   EdT> The main issue is the CPU - the VIA C3. From what I
>      > know it's not a Cyrix C3 but an evolved IDT WinChip.
>      > VIA bought both companies and canned Cyrix in favour
>      > of the WinChip while keeping the better known C3
>      > naming...
> 
> As I understand it VIA bought Cyrix but most of the Cyrix
> III (not C3) development team walked away, so C3 was
> developed from IDT's work.  That's probably a gross over-
> simplification though.
> 
> Regards,
>   - Andy Ball.