I don’t think I see it. If people need chips and no one makes em, a hobbyist becomes really valuable. And lithography touches on photography itself. We might not be able to get to the same precision as TSMC or the like but building an 8088 chip or the like should be doable. If we forgot how to make lenses, that would be worrying.

I can’t imagine hobbyist forgetting how to do lithography. But it’s a lovely video. the electro migration stuff scares me

This is really cool!

Is it still worth a read?