Comment by LeFantome

Which makes the whole ecosystem a lot more open. None of those suppliers is going to have the market power to lock you in. You can get it from the lowest cost provider until something higher value comes along.

And if you are a country, nobody can kill your RISC-V ecosystem. Worst case, you have to design your own chips but at least all the software exists and is established. And Ooen Source cores exist and are getting better. They may not be bleeding edge but they could be good enough if push came to shove. The BOOM chip just got vector extensions.