RICHARDSON, Texas — Cyrix Corp. has established a design division in Boxboro, Mass. that will push for more X86 design wins in mobile systems. The New England Mobile Architecture and Design Center will collaborate with OEM customers on mobile computing motherboard designs for a range of mobile platforms, including notebook PCs and Jupiter-class WinCE systems, based on Cyrix' MediaGX processors.

The division is also working with Cyrix parent National Semiconductor Corp. on dc/dc circuits and audio devices.

The division's team of about 14 engineers includes many former staffers of Digital Equipment Corp.'s mobile division (Marlboro, Mass.) and a handful of engineers from Cyrix' System Architecture Group, according to sources involved in the effort.