2018 will be the year of the #RISCV #Linux processors http://www.fudzilla.com/news/processors/44667-2018-will-be-the-year-of-the-risc-v-linux-processors important milestone
Aren't Si5 pivoting toward proprietary silicon for their future RISC-V chips? I wouldn't see much point in changing ISA if the HDL stuff isn't also free. Or maybe there's network effects, I dunno