双语资讯：IBM研发出世界最小电脑，大小如同盐粒

来源：本站原创发布时间：2018-03-20 19:00:04

目前的笔记本电脑做的可以说是越来越薄了，但是再薄它也有一个极限。不过IBM将要推出的这款电脑将打破这个极限，因为这款电脑竟然比一粒盐还要小。

你想象过全世界最小的电脑有多大吗？如今世界最小电脑已经诞生！IBM本周正在以世界最小电脑亮相IBM Think 2018大会，这可能会在未来五年改变我们的生活！这款电脑相当袖珍，很难用肉眼识别，但是却拥有1990年X86芯片的计算能力。今天的日常英语我们来了解一下世界最小电脑到底是什么样子的呢？

• 世界最小电脑大小堪比盐粒

• 世界最小电脑的功能十分强大

• 有关电脑的英文表达

一、世界最小电脑大小堪比盐粒

The smallest computer in the world is 1mm x 1mm, which is smaller than a grain of salt, and the manufacturing cost is less than 10 cents. Compared to the last "smallest computer in the world", there was a huge leap forward. At the time, the sensation was the Michigan Mini Mote, which was launched in 2015, with a diameter of 2mm. 

世界最小电脑的尺寸为1毫米x 1毫米，比一粒盐还小，制造成本不到10美分。比起上一次“世界最小电脑”有了巨大的飞跃，当时引起轰动的是2015年推出的密歇根微型Mote，直径2mm。

IBM's computer is likely to completely change the way that computers are used. In the next few years, microcomputers that are smaller in size or smaller than a grain of salt will be embedded in our daily goods and equipment.

IBM的这款电脑很可能将彻底改变电脑的使用方式，在未来几年内，类似于墨水点大小或比一粒盐还要小的微型计算机将嵌入到我们的日常物品和设备中。

二、世界最小电脑的功能十分强大

IBM claims that the world’s smallest computer has the power of the x86 chip that began in 1990. This makes it just at the edge of being able to run the original Doom. It is hoped that IBM will be more willing to accept benchmark tests in the next five years and look forward to repositioning this chip's LED as a single-pixel display.

IBM声称世界最小电脑具有1990年开始的x86芯片的强大功能。这使得它刚好处于能够运行原始Doom的边缘。希望IBM能够在未来五年更加接受基准测试，期待着将这款芯片的LED重新定位为单像素显示器。

IBM's actual application of this chip seems to be mainly focused on supply chain management and chain protection - entering the "blockchain." The chip is just one of many "encryption anchors" that IBM has developed for this purpose. The world’s smallest computer is designed to track the transportation of goods and detect theft, fraud and non-compliance. In addition, it can also classify data or complete simple artificial intelligence tasks.

IBM对这款芯片的实际应用似乎主要集中在供应链管理和连锁保护 —— 进入“区块链”。该芯片只是IBM为此目的开发的众多“加密锚”之一。世界最小电脑的设计目的是跟踪货物的运输情况，以及检测盗窃、欺诈和不合规行为。此外，它还可以对数据进行分类，或完成简单的人工智能任务。

三、有关电脑的英文表达

1. chip 芯片

2. mouse 鼠标

3. memory 内存

4. keyboard 键盘

5. hard Disk 硬盘

6. mainboard 主板

7. desktop 台式电脑

8. graphics card 显卡

9. MacBook 苹果笔记本电脑

10. All-in-one computer 一体机

11. notebook/laptop 笔记本电脑

12. display/monitor 显示器，监视器

13. PC（personal computer）个人计算机

14. There are too many icons on my desktop. I can’t find anything. I need to clean that up. 

桌面图标太多，找什么都不方便，我要清理一下。

15. The computer is unresponsive, but it hasn’t crashed. I need to close some programs.

电脑没响应，但没死机，我要关几个窗口。

16. My PC blue screens and reboots every time I run that program.

每次运行那个程序，电脑就变蓝屏并重启。

17. I have to delete some files to free up space on my computer. I wish it had more storage.

我要删些文件释放空间，真希望它有更大的存储空间。

18. I downloaded a program from a dodgy site and now I have a virus. I tried to use anti-malware, but it won’t work unless the computer is running in safe mode. 

我从一个不靠谱网站下载了东西，电脑中毒了。用杀毒软件，电脑不反应，除非运行安全模式。

看了世界上最小电脑，你是不是觉得不可思议呢？目前，这部电脑的原型机还在测试当中，大家可以期待一下！