[zozbot234]

This is why some people are so excited about RISC-V, BTW - they're re-enacting the exact same market play as x86 did back then. Starting out from low-end hardware only good for single-purpose use (we call that "embedded" these days) and scaling up to something that can run a proper OS, with MMU and virtual memory support. And doing it while beating everyone else on price, as well as potentially on performance.