The first batch of very high performance RISC-V chips are dropping soon, and there will be servers, as well as Android devices.
These microarchitectures come from many vendors at once, and will make a significant impact.
Not long after, Windows for RISC-V will appear; Microsoft has been working on it for years, while steering the RISC-V committee to prioritize its requirements.
Thanks to emulation, x86 software lock in is no more, and the moat loses its significance.
AMD and/or Intel will offer RISC-V CPUs with x86 acceleration as distinguishing feature, thus retaining a decent slice of the market through this transition, which will not take anywhere as much as x86 32 to 64 did.
These microarchitectures come from many vendors at once, and will make a significant impact.
Not long after, Windows for RISC-V will appear; Microsoft has been working on it for years, while steering the RISC-V committee to prioritize its requirements.
Thanks to emulation, x86 software lock in is no more, and the moat loses its significance.
AMD and/or Intel will offer RISC-V CPUs with x86 acceleration as distinguishing feature, thus retaining a decent slice of the market through this transition, which will not take anywhere as much as x86 32 to 64 did.