MIPS processors : Are they still in use? Which other architecture should I learn?

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I've been programming for x86 & x86-64 in assembly language for few months. Now, I want to move on to some different kind of processors.

MIPS, SPARC, PowerPC, Itanium, ARM of these I found ARM is being widely use. But the books I see that tutorials & books teach about MIPS more than all these other architectures.

Why is MIPS so popular? Are MIPS processors still in use? Which architecture should I go for?

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