They haven't announced which market that is yet! But, it for sure ain't consumer devices like PCs and handhelds.
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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Certainly not. But they are eating the market from the bottom up. A lot of that share would have gone to ARM previously.
With RVA23, we are expecting some server class chips in 2026 that will compete with ARM and even Intel. You see Ubuntu positioning themselves for that now.
In the SBC market, we are going to get Pi 5 or better performance next year as well. That puts RISC-V in contention for many use cases. Mid-range phones and tablets should not be far off.
It is not going to be laptops and desktops for a bit but it is probably closer than people think. And once it comes, it is going to move quickly. 2030 maybe? How many non-Apple ARM laptops will have gotten traction by then?
ARM could really get squeezed.
My guess is microcontrollers. Everything has a microcontroller in it these days, it's a huge market and one that doesn't need to worry about stuff like huge ecosystems of existing software that was written for a different architecture