That is wild. There is no exceptions in Colorado for hobbies projects or userbase size. Here is the definition of device. This would apply to an Apple II, calculators, possibly printers, TVs, monitors, and who know what else.

"DEVICE " MEANS ANY GENERAL- PURPOSE COMPUTING DEVICE THAT CAN ACCESS A COVERED APPLICATION STORE OR DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION .

I am sure you will be able to subscribe to use a share along with hundreds of other people for 1 computer at $19.99 a month going forward.

I can currently only see them used as accelerators of some type right now. Could see them used potentially for GPUs, but generally I suspect some form of compute first. GenAI anyone? SkyNET? But that is only if they can be made portable for laptops or phones which is still a major issue still needing to be addressed.

I don’t expect them to replace traditional chips in my lifetime if ever.

So, around 1947. Took about 14 years to get to being able to put into chips. So another decade and a half?

Edit: and another 15 to 25 years after that for it to be in consumer households?