fatslob-:O on 04 April 2016
| WolfpackN64 said: The architecture in itself is well, what most of us are used to. Is it easier to program x86 over PPC? No, but more people know how to program in x86. Personally, I'd rather see the console manufacturers go full RISC and stick to PPC since it's still very much being developed and with the right resources it isn't more expensive to manufacture than x86 parts. |
Why ? x86 itself is close to RISC too ...
| WolfpackN64 said: PPC is not dead. IBM is in fact clawing back market share on the server side from intel and NXP(Freescale's) embedded PPC designs are still often being used. The Amiga PC's still use PPC. |
Source ?
