Never underestimate the impact of open source on long-term development in innovation in hardware and software.
I remember discussions claiming that RISC-V would never compete with other processors, and so on. It reminds me of the discussions in the late nineties where people said Linux was nice but would never compete with SunOS, AIX, or HP/UX.
People should focus on RISC-V, not just ARM or other proprietary architecture.
Looking at recent changes and RISC-V evolutions:
A RISC-V 32-bit microprocessor based on two-dimensional semiconductors -https://archive.org/details/s41586-025-08759-9
2D 32-bit RISC-V processor https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/2d-32-bit-risc-v-processor-2025-04/
The original open source design is based on
https://github.com/olofk/serv SERV - The SErial RISC-V CPU made by Olof Kindgren
When Prof. Krste Asanović and graduate student Yunsup Lee started the open-source project 10 years ago, I suppose they didn’t expect such an impact today. And it seems to be just the beginning.