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It's interesting that that's where they've been focused, because my only exposure to MIPS chips has been in low-cost Mikrotik routerboards, eg: https://mikroti

It's interesting that that's where they've been focused, because my only exposure to MIPS chips has been in low-cost Mikrotik routerboards, eg: https://mikrotik.com/product/RB450 https://mikrotik.com/product/RB450

tyingq 6y ago
I imagine MIPS (via Atheros, Broadcom, etc) was broadly deployed in things like home routers because it was royalty free, power efficient, and already had Linux kernel mainline support. Though probably losing share to ARM now.
- theodric 6y ago
  Indeed, Asus moved from MIPS to ARM between the RT-AC66U and RT-AC68U, and the various *pkg repos have since dropped support. MIPS may as well be dead.
- rjsw 6y ago
  Think they are used for the network offload engine in some ethernet adaptors too.
pajko 6y ago
MIPS was being used in set-top-boxes and media players as well, like https://www.imaginationtech.com/blog/dont-let-the-cpu-control-you/ https://www.imaginationtech.com/blog/dont-let-the-cpu-contro...
Keyframe 6y ago
Powered all SGI workstations up to the end (excluding Windows NT adventure SGI had), and powered both Nintendo 64 and Playstation (1). MIPS was quite hot back then.