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Yep - also was going to add but it was getting kinda long...

With respect to Rivos, reading the about page - it seems an interesting take on RISC-V.

My take is that this will be rolled back into either Apple or Google at a later date - mostly as a hedge against someone (like Nvidia) acquiring the ARM IP now that its in play - or to provide some realistic alternative that can be used as a counter bid in licensing discussions with ARM.

Two of the founders of Rivos were involved in PA Semi which was acquired by Apple and Agnilux which was acquired by Google ChromeBook team.