@Phoronix: RISC-V-based and other open processors and computers are much more interesting. Could you test and report about compatbility of open and consumer-friendly computers with linux?
In addition to that, I expect to see some interesting announcements at the RISC-V workshop in Nov.
Patience, patience. It's likely that RISC-V adoption will happen bottom up, first deeply embedded space (like NVIDIA, who is using it internally in the GPU for managements). Next, bigger cores will also happen especially where there's no (perceived) advantage to using ARM. A standalone chip will probably come late and will likely come from China from someone looking for a way to stand out from the myriad of ARM vendors out there.
Just the idle musings of an ARM-chair analyst.
It's too bad modern high-performance consumer CPUs are all paired with non-free platform services (Intel ME, AMD PSP) that provide attack vectors for organized crime and governments.