Microchip/Atmel and the ATtiny - even on the launch of a new sub-series like this - are as safe and conservative a choice as IBM or SAP. The WCH RISC-V chip is

Microchip/Atmel and the ATtiny - even on the launch of a new sub-series like this - are as safe and conservative a choice as IBM or SAP. The WCH RISC-V chip is very, very high risk. I can't buy them at any of the standard distributors, and your article and the linked CNX article say: > The board is now available to order on Tindie for $6.90 > More information on the part ... is available in Chinese on the WCH website. > I got pricing information from a tweet by Patrick Yang, Technical Director of WCH, who claims that the CH32V003 RISC-V microcontroller sells for less than 10 cents. I can't go to a customer with a quotation based on a tweet. Obviously the bleeding edge of technology is more competitive in some ways, but not every product launch ought to be on that bleeding edge. I do hope that someday the big vendors launch RISC-V microcontrollers, but they all have a lot of IP in their preexisting ecosystems.