[nerpderp82]

Cheaper is not even the primary reason to use RISC-V over Arm.

The ability to modify the design for your application and be able to apply a plethora of cores where they are needed at only the cost of silicon area.

Apple has been moving their management cores on their M-series parts from Arm to RV and they have an architectural license.

Everyone has an architectural license for RISC-V, you can add your own instructions, change the mix of available instructions. A whole parametric RV32 or RV64 will be available on every node at every fab.

This move by Arm is absolutely to block RPI from moving to RISC-V. They have mindshare and distribution.

[ngcc_hk]

Other than geopolitical and totalitarianism concerns, is that a good and bad thing that let you freely change your instruction … implementing no charge I understand, but everyone has their own architecture …

Art is not just about no limit, but what you do with the limitation including illuminating there is a limit. Not just about beyond it but of course you could.