Story of the day - Is MIPS dead?

For Developers
#1

In an article dated April 19, Semiwiki reports Wave Computing has now filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy letting all employees go.

And Hacker News discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22950848

It's interesting because most of processors for routers (like 90%) are MIPS based.

#2

…not any medium- to high-end ones designed over the last 4-5 years.

Broadcom: Northstar (ARMv7/ ARMv8), Strata (ARMv7/ ARMv8)
Marvell: ARMADA 370/ 380 (ARMv7), ARMADA 3700/ 7040/ 8048 (ARMv8)
Mediatek: mt7623 (ARMv7), mt7622 (ARMv8)
Qualcomm-Atheros: ipq40xx (ARMv7), ipq806x (ARMv7), ipq807x (ARMv8)

#3

ARM replacing MIPS. Sounds legit.

All of the listed processors are pretty powerful. There are lower end ARM solutions.

#4

Some medium routers uses MIPS dual-core, but now majority are ARM based.

Situation is different on low-end devices where MIPS is clear winner there.

#5

And update:

In short - probably no more new chips.

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