Rise Technology had spent 5 years developing a x86 compatible microprocessor,[4] and finally introduced it in November 1998 as a low-cost, low-power alternative for the Super Socket 7 platform, that allowed for higher Front-side bus speeds than the previous Socket 7 and that made it possible for other CPU manufacturers to keep competing against Intel, that had moved to the Slot 1 platform.

To further improve the performance the core utilized branch prediction and a number of techniques to resolve data dependency conflicts.

[5] The Celeron and the K6-2 actually worked at 266 MHz, and the WinChip 2's PR rating was based upon the performance of its AMD opponent.

[5] Announced in 1998, the chip never achieved widespread use,[citation needed] and Rise quietly exited the market in December of the following year.

Like competitors Cyrix and IDT, Rise found it was unable to compete with Intel and AMD.