IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors

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I'd like to see evidence of that, my google searches haven't shown that anyone is shipping more powerpc's than sony/Microsoft/Nintendo are right now.
Freescale, LSI and AppliedMicro are moving to Arm, because PowerPC isn't selling.

Indeed Freescale are currently producing some great ARM M4 chips!

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@vidarh

Keep in mind, that the ppc cpus in washingmachines, microwaves o r printers, as well as routers don't count as if it were computers.

I've seen a few PPC chips in some Engine Control Units for cars and also as one of the redundant pathways in some aircraft avionics (where the flight control system will have two separate but functionally identical systems, built using different components I.e. one system would use PPC the other would use an ARM)... But other than that... I've never seen PPC in consumer electronics since the last PowerBook...

And the only reason the PPC is chosen for the aircraft and car systems, is becuase the chips have been built, tested and certified for harsh environments... Nothing to do with any architecture wins for the PPC

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Is PPC more effiient than ARM etc when counting instructions/herts and instructions/watt?

The ARM is available in so many flavours now, there is a model that fits any application bette than any available PPC... The ARM always had the advantage of being competitive even when fabricated on older processes, the PPC was only ever competitive when fabed on modern processes :-/