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A unique bit of #ComputerHistory, the NexGen Nx586 featured an onboard #RISC CPU along with an integrated translation processor that would convert x86 instructions to RISC instructions on the fly.
Designed to compete against Intel’s Pentium CPUs, it was actually ahead of its time, but suffered from technical limitations. The company was purchased by #AMD in 1996 and the technology was later used in their #K6 line of CPUs.
Alas, I scrapped mine. Photo source: retronn.de