So PowerPC is dead you say?

[spirantho]

Just for information: the PowerPC is not at all dead, it's not even close to dead, it's still being actively pushed forward by some big companies, and is evolving all the time.

Just because PowerPC isn't used in desktops any more (apart from ours) doesn't mean it's dead - nor does that fact that it's slower than x86 mean it's dead. PowerPC isn't competing with x86 any more, it's competing with ARM. That's why our Sams and things are so power efficient, they're embedded CPUs, not designed to compete with x86 desktops (what would be the point? It'd be corporate suicide).

[spirantho]

Equals to **DEAD** for all purposes interesting to us, which is what people mean when they say that PPC is dead. Nobody is denying that PPC is being used plenty in servers, routers, printers, automotive, etc. But who cares?

Not at all - all the PowerPC processors used by machines since the PowerMac are actually using embedded processors.

So PowerPC is very much alive for all purposes interesting to people who don't just want to use old PowerMacs.