“We’re four guys working out of our kitchen, and we want ten million dollars and to be left alone for two years. Trust me, we’ll deliver a low-cost microprocessor compatible with Intel.

This was former IBM Fellow and Dell Senior VP Glenn Henry’s 1995 pitch to start a microprocessor company focused on low-cost Intel-compatible processors (“x86”). This improbable start led to the twenty years (and counting) success story of Centaur Technology, a small Austin company focused on low-cost x86 processors.

Over this period, the company retained its small and scrappy start-up mentality. Over fifteen major Centaur x86 microprocessor designs shipped to customers world-wide in systems offered by Samsung, Lenovo, HP, Dell and many others. 

This documentary follows Henry and his team as they race to complete a chip, and offers an inside perspective of Centaur’s unique management environment and the engineers who made it all possible.