The move from Allwinner to Rockchip was mirrored by many of the other Pi competitors in what seems to be mostly a need for more performant SoCs. Given a lot of

The move from Allwinner to Rockchip was mirrored by many of the other Pi competitors in what seems to be mostly a need for more performant SoCs. Given a lot of this market is driven by fabless Shenzhen based companies it probably comes down to the right mix of drivers/production/price. Although given Mediatek has been moving up a lot in the world and powering some really nice budget devices (Lenovo Chromebook/Chrome Tablets come to mind) I really hope for some sort of mediatek SBC to materialize as ARM adoption grows. For now chromebooks remain one of the only ways for me to get linux (via crostini) ARM devices with any sort of performance vs slowly tinkering around on a Pinebook Pro.