A good rule of thumb is that every time you see an article saying that [some crazy technology] could replace silicon you say "Pschya, right!" Or we could make

A good rule of thumb is that every time you see an article saying that [some crazy technology] could replace silicon you say "Pschya, right!" Or we could make it a drinking game. If someone suggests something will replace silicon, take a drink. If germanium replaces silicon, take ten drinks. If GaAs or some kind of III-V semiconductor replaces silicon, take fifteen drinks. If non-silicon-based quantum computers (e.g. SQUIDs) replace silicon, take twenty-three drinks. If graphene or diamond replaces silicon, take fifty drinks. And if DNA-based computers replace silicon, take Avogadro's Number of drinks, cuz that's pretty darn implausible.