Maybe. It’s been done to a degree, 1971, 4 years ago.
wired.com/…/22-year-old-builds-chips-parents-gara…
Wasn’t sure how much the hobby evolved since then. I asked hobbyist level as the lowest barrier to entry, but even wondering if something at a lighter scale than Intel could repurpose old CPUs or other ICs.
SanderZeldenthuis@nord.pub 1 week ago
Unless I’m misunderstanding something, the linked Wired article is about a person designing and making very primitive new chips from scratch, not recycling and modding existing CPUs.
While it is very impressive and surely a great way to learn, its not cost effective at all for what results.