To a certain extent, save for a few exceptions
(embedded, low-cost
 devices, special purpose-built hardware, etc.) I think it's probably
 true. 
Hmm. I'm writing AltiVec assembly to speed up media decoding on my Power Mac.
But then I'm weird.
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