2013年12月英语六级外刊阅读:纳米技术 生物工厂 查看汇总: Science and technology 科学技术 Nanotechnology 纳米技术 A fab result 生物工厂 A novel way of making computer memories, using bacteria 制造计算机存储器的新奇方法:使用细菌 FOR half a century, the essence of progress in the computer industry has been to do more with less. 半个世纪以来,计算机产业发展的本质就是花钱更少,成事更多。 Moores law famously observes that the number of transistors which can be crammed into a given space doubles every 18 months. 摩尔定律的著名论断是:能够放入某空间内的晶体管数量每18个月翻一番。 The amount of data that can be stored has grown at a similar rate. 储存的数据也有着类似的增长速率, Yet as components get smaller, making them gets harder and more expensive. 但是随着部件越来越小,它们的制造难度和成本也逐渐增加。 On May 10th Paul Otellini, the boss of Intel, a big American chipmaker, put the price of a new chip factory at around $10 billion. |