Not dead at all, its now a (conceptual) rocket ship No ISA/architecture licensing fees, no restrictions on what you can do with it - you can build an open sour

Not dead at all, its now a (conceptual) rocket ship No ISA/architecture licensing fees, no restrictions on what you can do with it - you can build an open source core or you could sell your design to others. ARM/x86 doest have this, its all locked up behind lawyers.