What that guy is doing in his parents garage is not EUV lithography. He's doing what early IC manufacturers first accomplished in the 60s, only with the benefit of 50 added years of knowledge in the space and decades old equipment that never would have been affordable to the average tinkerer when this technology was cutting edge.
The idea that the risk of patent infringement is the only thing preventing him from building a chip comparable to a modern Intel or AMD CPU in his garage today is absurd.
The idea that the risk of patent infringement is the only thing preventing him from building a chip comparable to a modern Intel or AMD CPU in his garage today is absurd.