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I know MIPS was still common for low-end 802.11ac routers/APs (eg. MT7621-based devices). Is it being used by anyone for systems designed around newer standards (802.11ax/WiFi 6/6E, multi-gig Ethernet) or has the market finally shifted over completely to ARM?



AFAIK mostly ARM these days. And headless network devices aren't a concern of GUI-related programs like X anyway.


MIPS, yes, but not big endian. Last time I started building binaries for my (utter junk) EdgeRouter-X I ran into issues with mipsel stuff not being well supported. If Marvell and MediaTek aren't putting out big endian MIPS stuff I'd be surprised if anyone was.


The Cudy X6 supports 802.11ax yet uses MIPS.


I guess it's not too surprising somebody paired newer radios with the MT7621 SoC. I see now that MediaTek even lists that application on the product page, so they're probably not going to retire that processor anytime soon: https://www.mediatek.com/products/home-networking/mt7621




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