RISC-V Royalty-Driven Revenue to Exceed License Revenue by 2027

By Nitin Dahad, EETimes (May 9, 2025)

At last month’s Andes Technology RISC-V Con event in San Jose, CA, the company announced a number of partnerships with companies like Imagination Technologies, Baya Systems, S2C and Brainchip as it celebrated its 20^th anniversary.

An interesting data point presented by analyst Richard Wawrzyniak of the SHD Group highlighted the growing maturity and penetration of RISC-V technology: an expected flip from license-driven revenue to royalty-driven revenue from RISC-V around 2027, and even sooner if penetration into data centers intensifies.

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