> RISC-V should ... eat every licensing dollar currently being spent on Xylinx Microblaze or Intel/Altera NIOS-II. So, in the grand scheme of things, about $0?

> RISC-V should ... eat every licensing dollar currently being spent on Xylinx Microblaze or Intel/Altera NIOS-II. So, in the grand scheme of things, about $0? Small Microblaze and Nios-II cores come for free. Their larger versions are available for a token license fee. (TBH, I don't know why they even bother...)