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I'm not an expert, but I would of vastly preferred a fund to start a bunch of smaller fab companies.

Most systems don't need start of the art processors. Get some minimal fabs set up for RISC V chips. If we removed the profit motive, how much does this cost ?

Alternatively... Even a refurbished GameCube can probably run a basic rest API server.

If anything we have enough EWaste that we can probably just recycle what we have. At least for most applications.

My ideal situation is one where anyone can fab simple processors at home the same way you can 3D print almost any small object with under $5000 in total expenses.

Unfortunately that seems far away.

I imagine if you could get it under a million, it enters the extreme higher end of the hobbyist range.

Not like everyone can personally design a chip anyway, but if a small city has at least one fab it can be something in an emergency situation.

Recycling is probably a better solution here thought.

Try watching DYI CPU videos on YouTube. It’s VERY far away.

But what's the point of that?

There are smaller fabs already