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All of those things you mention take advantage of the economies of scale of ARM production. They exist because a few years ago the basebands they're using were
by giantrobot 4y ago
All of those things you mention take advantage of the economies of scale of ARM production. They exist because a few years ago the basebands they're using were top of the line and were used in upmarket devices. They can buy an old baseband/board design, attach a screen and battery, and have a cheapo device for essentially zero development cost.
If RISC-V doesn't see the development for upmarket products it's not going to magically take over the downmarket segments. No one footing the development bill is going to selling $50 tablets.
- zozbot234 4y agoRV is already taking over the downmarket in embedded, and moving upmarket from there. There's no reason why they couldn't repeat this in other device classes, including mobile.