$665 is a bit too much for the specs they’ve offered. They should try to be price competitive instead of charging a premium. You can likely get a more powerful x86 system for less.
I am hopeful some Chinese company will release something that will force some humility into the risc-v market. At least one candidate has been seen in the thread[0].
Targeted at developers doing fundamental porting means no volume.
No volume means high prices. Low volume ASIC runs aren't cheap. Amortizing NRE costs of a complicated motherboard over dozens or hundreds of units ain't cheap either.
It will sort itself out eventually, but the whole ecosystem has a big mountain to climb to get to where ARM is.
What are you talking about?