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I don't see how intel is even a target. PowerPC owns gaming. There are still tons of MIPS chips in networking applications as well as some other verticals.

I don't see how intel is even a target. PowerPC owns gaming. There are still tons of MIPS chips in networking applications as well as some other verticals. ARM owns phones, largely because every phone has a custom chip in it. It's not clear if it will grow beyond that. Why not suggest ARM will defeat PowerPC or MIPS? That sort of seems plausible, Intel is so insanely good at what they do and they backed out of ARM a few years ago. I can't imagine they did that without understanding how they'd compete.

epynonymous 16y ago
i think you're talking about console gaming perhaps, xbox and wii use powerpc variants, but ps3 uses the cell processor and nds uses an arm processor. in terms of mobile gaming, powerpc is nowhere to be found, this is owned by arm. in terms of pc gaming, intel and their we're-not-totally-a-monopoly division, amd, own that realm. though arm is starting to make inroads into low powered servers so it'd be interesting to see where this goes in the long run.
- krakensden 16y ago
  Cell is a PowerPC variant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor)