[nickik]

That's somewhat of a strange argument. The predecessors were highly successful and influential academic projects. The simply never had the idea/motivation to try to move that stuff into the real world.

All of this stuff also now profits from the change/slowdown in Moors law.

[jf-]

Came to nothing in market terms, if you prefer.

[nickik]

That was never the goal or intention. Those were research products that did exactly what they were designed to do.

It has absolutely no relevance for RISC-V being successful or not.