Defections to ARM hurt PowerPC, MIPS

The PowerPC is best known for powering old Mac computers, while MIPS processors were in the first PlayStation, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and the first $99 Android tablets. Now, both processor families are widely used in equipment like networking gear but are being threatened with the emergence of ARM chips for embedded devices.The ARM chip architecture is used in most smartphones and tablets, but is making its way into a wide range of appliances and computer equipment used in data cent