From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 10/3/2025 8:12 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-10-02, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >> David Goodwin   wrote:   
   >>> Set top boxes and routers were not the target market for Windows in the   
   >>> 90s, and they are clearly not a market Microsoft is interested in   
   >>> pursuing today.   
   >>   
   >> Moreover, 99.9% of those MIPS CPUs that are outselling x86 are   
   >> embedded microcontrollers that just happen to use the MIPS   
   >> instruction set.  If they run any OS at all, it's way more than   
   >> likely to be some kind of RTOS.   
   >   
   > Here is one example at the lower end (which is also available in hobbyist   
   > friendly packaging):   
   >   
   > https://uk.farnell.com/microchip/pic32mx250f128b-i-sp/mcu-32bi   
   -pic32-40mhz-spdip-28/dp/2097773   
      
   I think this part of the spec illustrate the target market:   
      
      
   MIPS32® M4K® core with MIPS16e® mode for up to 40% smaller code size   
      
      
   Switching to 16 bit mode to reduce application size is not where   
   Microsoft is with Windows today.   
      
   Arne   
      
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