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powerpc/IBM is still a big player in the server/HP computing market. They do many cool things with their architectures since cost is less of a factor(dynamic sm
by leecarraher 5y ago
powerpc/IBM is still a big player in the server/HP computing market. They do many cool things with their architectures since cost is less of a factor(dynamic smp, switcheable endieness, OMI) but they suck to build code for from an out-of-box experience standpoint.
- saati 5y agoThat's POWER, a different ISA, there are still some PowerPC embedded cpus but it's just slowly dying.
- leecarraher 5y agotrue, was just going off the debian package architecture naming PPC/ppc64el
- astrange 5y agoPower and PowerPC are essentially the same ISA, I don’t know what that post has a problem with.