Very simply, by not requiring Intel or AMD to produce the hardware to implement the isa. It's true, but irrelevant, that you can't trust a risc-v cpu from Inte

Very simply, by not requiring Intel or AMD to produce the hardware to implement the isa. It's true, but irrelevant, that you can't trust a risc-v cpu from Intel any more than an x86 cpu from Intel. But I think the bulk of x86 and amd64 patents have expired since the 90's already, so I think you could have other suppliers designing and fabricating x86_64 royalty-free and open-source today just as well, and risc-v is particularly interesting at least as much for the simpler start-over design as for the pure unencumbered ip.