Embedded engineer argues RISC-V wins on availability rather than ISA design

Sources: rvembedded.com, HN discussion
Summary: An embedded engineer argues that the practical advantage of RISC-V is part availability across a wide range, not instruction set design. The post reports covering a ten cent RV32EC part, a dual core MCU, and an MMU-capable open SoC on one instruction set for under 100 US dollars. The author frames the ARM Cortex-M to Cortex-A gap as a licensing boundary rather than an architectural one.
Why it matters: One toolchain and one instruction set spanning from a ten cent part to an MMU-capable SoC changes what an embedded team has to relearn per project.