As just one example, a recent microprocessor design using RISC-V has a clock speed of 5 gigahertz, well above a recent, top-of-the-line Intel Xeon server chip, E7, running at 3.2 gigahertz. Yet the novel RISC-V chip burns just 1 watt of power at 1.1 volts, less than one percent of the power burned by the Intel Xeon.
It would be amazing to see x86 architecture finally be relegated to the dustbin of history.
RISC-V, the Linux of the chip world, is starting to produce technological breakthroughs [zdnet.com]