The global semiconductor landscape has reached a historic inflection point as the open-source RISC-V architecture officially secured 25% market penetration this month, signaling the end of the long-standing architectural monopoly held by proprietary giants. This milestone, verified by industry analysts in late December 2025, marks a seismic shift in how the world’s most advanced hardware is designed, licensed, and deployed. Driven by a collective industry push for “architectural sovereignty,” RISC-V has evolved from an academic experiment into the cornerstone of the next generation of computing.
TIL! Had no idea there was existing alternatives to architecture status quo! Very cool work here
I wouldn’t get too excited just yet. Currently basically nothing runs on it, even most Linux kernels don’t support it. I’m sure that will change in the future when CPUs become available.