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1、TheAgeofMiracleChipsUnitSevenmembers:Whatisachip?chip:I.n.asmallpieceofsomething碎片,筹码v.削成碎片,碎裂achipofwood(brick,glass,china,ironetc.)II.Tocutintopiecestochipthepotato,potatochipsAchip:isatinysquareofamaterial,suchassilicon,processedtohavespecificelec
2、troniccharacteristics.Here:asemiconductorbodyofintegratedcircuit集成电路片，芯片BackgroundThistextistakenfroma15-pagespecialsectionentitled“TheComputerSociety”presentedbytheAmericanmagazineTime,February20,1978.Inthissectionthereareseveralstories--TheAgeofMir
3、acleChips,Living:PushbuttonPower,Business:ThinkingSmall,Science:TheNumbersGameandsomeothers.Thisseriesofreportsexplainsjusthowtheworldofelectronicsorcery(magic)works,andexaminesitsimpactonpeople’sdailylives.Ourtextisbasedonthefirsttwostories.Backgrou
4、ndTomakesuchacomplicatedtechnicalphenomenonunderstandable,ateamofsixcorrespondents,fivewriters,fourreportresearchersandthreephotographersspentamonthinterviewingscientists,visitingmanufacturingplantsandtryingoutthenewestandmostexcitingcomputerizedprod
5、ucts.ThewholeprojectwasunderthedirectionofTime’sSeniorEditorLeonJaroff,whoholdsdegreesinelectricalengineeringandmathematicsfromtheUniversityofMichigan.Background:TIMECoversTrendsofAmericanMagazinesThemoststrikingcharacteristicsofmagazinedevelopmentdu
6、ringthe20thcenturywasatrendtowardspecialization.Thebiggestnewsofthemid-1990sconcernedthemoveofmagazinesontheinformationsuperhighway.Magazineshavegoneonlineandgotelectroniceditions.ThecontentofTimemovesawayfromgeneralappealtothemorespecialized.Inrecen
7、tyears,itscirculationdropped.Itreachedasmallerbutmorepoliticallyorientedaudience.Theaimofthisarticle:topopularizethefuturedevelopmentofchipstechnology,i.e.,tomakesuchacomplicatedtechnicalphenomenonunderstandable,Thewriters:ateamof6correspondents,5wri
8、ters,4reporterresearchersand3photographersspentamonthinterviewingscientists,visitingmanufacturingplantingandtryingoutthenewestandmostexcitingcomputerizedproducts.ThewholeprojectwasdirectedbythesenioreditorofTime.WritingStyleThistextisanexcerptofamaga
