News - MIPS: people are yearning for an alternative to ARM

[HEXUS]

Claims its architecture is far superior to the mobile device incumbent’s.

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[Biscuit]

but with end-users becoming accustomed to 12-18 hour battery life from their mobile devices, the demand for a more efficient architecture may not be as great as MIPS hopes.

I personally think that the fact the market has gotten used to such pitiful battery life in modern smart phones is exactly why MIPS would start to become appealing. I would probably jump ship to another phone if i could get same or similar performance with considerable increases in battery life.

[blueball]

+1 on extra battery life

[Noxvayl]

+ 1 for battery life

The main reason I bought my current phone was because of it's reported battery life, well above average. If a MIPS device does the the same tasks as an ARM one(even if a little slower) but with longer battery life I'll choose the MIPS device for sure.