Companies like SiFive are claiming they are beating the ARM cores in terms of area (and power) and they are quickly marching up the performance scale. The soft

Companies like SiFive are claiming they are beating the ARM cores in terms of area (and power) and they are quickly marching up the performance scale. The software isn't ready and they are primarily not looking at smartphones yet. It will take a few more years until we get there, but once the software is ready you will have lots of companies competing.