ARM licenses and royalties are not free. The royalties are a small but significant cost of a chip (1-2%) and licenses on the IP are a large R&D cost for the designer.
China is obviously interested in RISC-V as their access to the US market is threatened, and they could be a driver of wider use.
China is obviously interested in RISC-V as their access to the US market is threatened, and they could be a driver of wider use.