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>i thought risc-v is >10years "old".

September 2019 for the base specs being ratified.

But even that isn't the true starting gun for anything but basic MCU.. For high performance, it's RVA22. The relevant specs were only ratified in December 2021.

It takes 3 years from IP to chips, and thus we are seeing the first RVA22 chips now.

No surprises there.