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Aren't coffee machines and other "dumb" appliances often MIPS? Even my internet router has a MIPS controller (Fritz!Box by AVM).
by foepys 6y ago
Aren't coffee machines and other "dumb" appliances often MIPS? Even my internet router has a MIPS controller (Fritz!Box by AVM).
- raverbashing 6y agoThe answer is: it depends. Some are ARM, some MIPS, some SH, some even are PPC. I guess the availability of Android is making a lot of "dumb appliances" run on ARM even if they don't need a screen. But for basic dumb appliances, PIC, MSP, Atmel processors (either the old 8051 or newer archs)
- ksec 6y agoI think that was only true a few years ago. Everything now, from router, NAS to other appliance are moving towards ARM. MIPS and PPC are still being used only because of cost ( vendors selling other chips ). The replacement cycles is very very slow, but the trend is pretty clear.
- dirkf 6y agoI work with (consumer) internet gateways and the like. In Broadcom's SoCs the main chip is ARM. They have been moving away from MIPS for a number of years. I'm less familiar with other vendors but I briefly worked with a Qualcomm-based device a few years ago and that was also ARM. There might be some dedicated cores in those SoCs or devices for e.g. accelerators or Wi-Fi handling. I've seen ARC there but I have the feeling these are also moving to ARM.
- non-entity 6y agoCould be, but I've been shocked by some of the products I've seen that have a full blown ARM in them these days. My friend bought a mouse with a full 32 ARM MCU in it.