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I guess MIPS and PowerPC are still around somewhere, but it's definitely a lot less common to see them these days. For example, it used to be that every Mac ca
by colin_mccabe 13y ago
I guess MIPS and PowerPC are still around somewhere, but it's definitely a lot less common to see them these days. For example, it used to be that every Mac came with a PowerPC, and so people were aware of the issues that chip had. Nowadays it's rare to find a programmer experienced with anything but x86. That was really Eric's point when he made that comment.
- vidarh 13y agoIt's less common because they're hidden inside other equipment. E.g. my RAID cards have PPC cpu's; my set-top box used to be MIPS. They're both licensing hundreds of millions of cores a year.