Consider helping OpenCores take on the patent and profit hungry semi-conductor industry. OpenCores intend to create a "super-low-cost" SoC ASIC component based on the OpenRISC processor.
http://opencores.org/donation
Time travel
Took me a while to find this again, I knew I`d read some something along similar lines.
http://makezine.com/2016/11/30/open-v-worlds-first-risc-v-based-open-source-microcontroller/