The latest esp32 chips are RISCV meaning you're not paying a licence for the old ESP CPU (which comes from elsewhere). There are also 10c RISCV cores available

The latest esp32 chips are RISCV meaning you're not paying a licence for the old ESP CPU (which comes from elsewhere). There are also 10c RISCV cores available that people are starting to use I don't think it "saves" it particularly though