> We're infinitely more likely to lose the capability to make a modern CPU than lose the capability to know how to code in C. I agree with this. I want to add

> We're infinitely more likely to lose the capability to make a modern CPU than lose the capability to know how to code in C. I agree with this. I want to add that I think if the knowledge of modern CPUs is somehow lost, it won't be catastrophic, merely crippling, since there are literally tens of thousands of CS students every year learning how to build a CPU from electronic circuits. We will revert to slow and bulky CPUs, be able to run C on them, and in due time rediscover and reëngineer miniaturisation, superscalar multithreading, etc.