How RISC-V Is Creating A Globally Neutral, Open Source Processor Architecture | Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat

Arm dominates the microprocessor architecture business, as its licensees have shipped 150 billion chips to date and are shipping 50 billion more in the next two years. But RISC-V is challenging that business with an open source ecosystem of its own, based on a new kind of processor architecture that was created by academics and is royalty free.
article: https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/20/how-risc-v-is-creating-a-globally-neutral-open-source-processor-architecture/