downix wrote:
Hammer wrote:
Not the most scalable either, as you can find chips like PPC, ARM and MIPS running in a wider variety of devices.
X86 scales from embedded micro-controllers to super computers. Majority of X86s falls between netbooks to servers.
From 2005 market share(from memory)
~700 million ARM
~200 million X86
~140 million MIPS
~60 million PPC
PS; I need to find an updated market share stats.
Not that much different, save MIPS now has a Chinese firm pushing it hard in that rapidly growing economy. PPC has also grown.
x86 does scale, but not as completely as other options for a reasonable price. New MIPS netbook announced last week, $100. New x86 netbook announced last week, same features, $350.
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They don't have the same features. Have you factored in the GPU?
According to
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10038054-1.htmlThis $100 MIPS based netbook comes with 400Mhz CPU, 64MB RAM, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, three USB ports, 1GB flash storage and an SDHC card slot.
This is matched by AMD Geode based OLPC.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 comes with Intel Atom CPU(1.6GHz, 512KB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB with HT), Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 512MB RAM and a 4GB solid state drive. Starting from $350 USD.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4526797348.html(MIPS based )Loongson 2F 900Mhz manufactured by STMicroelectronics
Memory -- 512MB DDR2
Flash storage -- 8GB or 16GB flash G-Key
USB -- 3 x ports (one used for G-Key). No USB 2.0 support is claimed, although the 2F in theory supports it
SD -- 1 x SD HC port
Display -- 10-inch, 1024 x 600 LCD powered by Silicon Motion SM502 (16MB RAM)
Networking -- 10/100Mbps Ethernet (RJ45)
WiFi -- 802.11 b/g
Starting from $450 USD.
So, which one can play Quake 3 OpenGL?