ARM vs. PPC (why continue the PPC path?)

[mongo]

There is no "Power" in PowerPC, not in the year 2012 and beyond! ARM and/or x86, but not PPC!

Really?

http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/fact_sheet/T4240T4160FS.pdf?fpsp=1

12 cores, 1.8 GHz, 6.0 DMIPS/MHz per core not good enough for you?

[mongo]

For embedded system, it's great for networking.  As far as going head to head with the A15, I have a feeling it's going to come up way short.  So what are the prices on the T4240?

A15 is about 40% faster than A9. That gives you about 3.5 DMIPS/MHz.

[mongo]

Yes really.

Nobody claims PPC is dead for routers, switches, printers, and similar embedded applications (where CPU's like this one will do just fine, I'm sure). But nobody is developing PPC CPU's for laptop/desktop usage, that stopped 5-6 years ago (whenever it was that Apple went x86) and more importantly, nobody is making viable laptop/desktop motherboards or systems based on PPC CPU's!

It's dead Jim!

The difference between a CPU used in an embedded application and a CPU used in a desktop or laptop is what, according to you?

Where can I buy a desktop motherboard based on an ARM CPU?

[mongo]

Arm already dominates the mobile phone/tablet markets, it's coming to servers and the desktop next.  Freescale's iMX series is ARM successor to 68k, why not?

Of course it dominates the mobile phone/tablet markets. There's not much competition there. Servers and the desktop are another matter entirely.

Some people won't call it Amiga.  I don't care what it's called, I just want a reasonable performance desktop PC that doesn't have all that crappy Intel x86 legacy inside it.

Unless you're writing an OS, or programming in assembler, you'll never have to see "all that crappy Intel x86 legacy inside it".

ARM makes sense.  x86's days are numbered.  PPC is as good as dead already.

ARM makes sense in situations where power saving is more important than performance. x86 will be around for a long, long time still. IBM, Freescale, and AppliedMicro would disagree with you about PPC.

[mongo]

The niche is not tablets, either.  The Amiga niche is a computer that goes under your TV and doesn't need to boot the full OS to play a DVD.

At least, that's the way I see it.

They already have something like that. It's called a DVD player.