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BRICS nations are going RISC-V - for varied reasons - as quickly as they can (and the EU may well follow suit).
China is a huge producer - if not THE biggest manufacturer - of electronics.
Those two points alone suggest a RISC-V revolution, in BRICS and 3rd-World economies, who like cheaper goods. RISC-V cores have been used in microcontroller roles for a while now, and we're now seeing RISC-V chips being used as primary processors.
Just like ARM based chips? From low power to main chips?
Worth mentioning that RISC-V is open source and anyone with the means is allowed to distribute it royalty free.
RISC-V designs are still 3 or 4 years off the pace, but closing fast.
The leap ought to come when the extensions that were ratified at the end of 2021 are realised... 2025/2026.