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It is not that way today but for a long time the entry-level Cisco IOS router was PowerPC based, while the highend was invariably MIPS. On the other hand both a
by dfox 6y ago
It is not that way today but for a long time the entry-level Cisco IOS router was PowerPC based, while the highend was invariably MIPS. On the other hand both architectural choices had nothing to do with the architecture and everything to do with choice of usable SoCs for that particular application (with Motorola/Freescale/NXP's "m68k Cisco router/Sun2 on a chip" SoCs being somewhat ironic in this regard).
- genmud 6y agoI wouldn't consider cisco to be a tech-forward company or look to them as the barometer to where the networking industry is headed. Most of Broadcoms stuff is ARM based now, which is what most folks are putting in white label switches.
- bnjms 6y agoFwiw, Broadcom is also what’s going into Cisco routers. Which supports your point.