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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Transistors | Plugging the Leaks; As physical limits bite, electronic
engineers must build ever cleverer transistors. Economist, Aug 20, 2011.
http://www.economist.com/node/21526322
Note:
(a) Jack Kilby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kilby
(1923-2005; American; Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 2000 for his part
in the invention of the integrated circuit [also known as microchip] in 1958
while working at Texas Instruments)
(b) "Off the cuff 'extemporaneously' is 1938 Amer.Eng. colloquial,
suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt
sleeves rather than learned lines."
Online Etymology Dictionary, undated.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cuff
(c) chunter (vi; probably of imitative origin):
" to talk in a low inarticulate way : MUTTER"
www.m-w.com
(2) Peter Marsh, Virtual Maker of Chips Conjures Up Real Advances; UK
manufacturing; Specialist Picochip is a leading example of 'factoryless
goods producers. Financial Times, Aug 24, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/edc208aa
-c8f1-11e0-aed8-00144feabdc0.html
("Roughly 70 per cent of the femtocells made so far use Picochip
semiconductors, [Picochip CEO Nigel] Toon says. All Picochip’s products are
made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC)")
In the window of print: 16m Amount of sales notched up by Picochip last
year
Note:
(a) pico-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico-
(b) Bath, Somerset
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Somerset
(The city was first established as a spa with the Latin name, Aquae Sulis ("
the waters of Sulis") by the Romans in AD 43. They built baths and a temple
on the surrounding hills of Bath in the valley of the River Avon around hot
springs)
(c) resplendent (adj; Latin resplendēre to shine back, from re- + splendē
re to shine — more at SPLENDID):
"shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor
resplendent with wildflowers — Outdoor World>"
(d) femtocell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femtocell
(i) For a photo, go to images.google.com
(ii) femto-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femto- |
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