RISC-V, the free and open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) based on Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) principles, appears to be a perennial mirage for the wider CPU world - brimming with relentless hype and potential, and yet never delivering on those expectations - as even a Delaware court judge has now concluded in the ongoing legal wrangling between Qualcomm and Arm. According to the presiding judge in the ongoing Qualcomm v Arm legal case, no one can use RISC-V today and Arm and Intel are the only practical choices right now when it comes to the CPU architecture Before delv