The Vortex86 series is the little-known x86 survivor...the only real non-Intel or AMD x86 chip with roots back in the Socket 7 days.<p>Centaur, with their Winchip design, and Cyrix both got bought by VIA. VIA did have a good run, but their custom CPU designs kind of fizzled out before they re-sold Centaur to Intel.<p>As far as I am aware, Vortex86 CPUs are still in production, unlike VIA's.