RISC‑V has emerged as one of the most important new architectures in decades, achieving widespread adoption in embedded systems and shipping at massive scale. But as the industry looks beyond embedded into application processors, a new set of challenges—and opportunities—comes into focus.

This talk explores where RISC‑V stands today, what makes its next phase of growth fundamentally different, and why its future is likely to unfold unevenly across markets. It highlights key inflection points that will shape adoption and outlines where RISC‑V is poised to gain traction next.