[dh997]

Open source hw maybe the ejection seat from black boxes (tinfoil and real concerns) and proprietary facism, could solve much in the same way marginalized Unices. The issues are funding, talent wrangling and practical desktop lithography (FPGA is a stepping-stone).

[wallacoloo]

I read an article* about ARM using imprint lithography to create a working Cortex M0 microcontroller. Feature size is equivalent to a 2 um process (which was achieved about 30 years ago in silicon), but it still seems pretty exciting - I could find use-cases for something like that in my own day-to-day hardware projects if hobbyists ever find a way to recreate these kind of machines for cheap (much like the DIY CNC machine & 3d printing scene has done)

* https://semiaccurate.com/2015/11/18/arm-charts-path-printed-...