While possibility of creating ICs in a "homelab" remains years or decades in the future, it is an innovation that is very important to strive for. The world of information has become increasingly dangerous, and trust is in short supply. We need stronger guarantees that our computational hardware is secure and backdoor-free and the best (but not perfect) way of doing it is to manufacture it yourself.
Libre Silicon [1] is one organization that is striving forward and I am hopeful they will make great progress.
Edit: when a high schooler can fabricate ICs in his garage [2], you know with enough effort, a lot of progress can be made on the problem
[2] http://sam.zeloof.xyz/first-ic/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20657398