However, as soon as you start modifying/extending hardware you take on enormous risk and require considerable more expertise and development time. Yes, a modula

However, as soon as you start modifying/extending hardware you take on enormous risk and require considerable more expertise and development time. Yes, a modular design may allow you to disable your extension (if it's bugged) and still get a saleable device but then you've spent all those extra resources for no benefit. Not to mention the huge quantities you still need to make this financially viable. Basically, it'll cost you a load more to do something custom, you could have just used the next model up for less. RISC-V can't solve any of this. I guess you could argue that you can build your more efficient hardware with an older, cheaper process and maybe still end up with something competitive. I don't see the tablet market being served by RISC-V, what benefits does it bring? Someone like WD getting onboard makes some sense but that's not exciting, they just want to save a bit of cash.