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4. Answer the following questions.

1.What is the smallest PC in the world?

2. What are examples of failed expectations?

3. Why is the idea of paperless office hasn’t still been fulfilled?

4. What is electronic ink and what is the purpose of its creation?

5. What does SMASH stand for?

6. What are peculiarities of RISC processors?

7. What do new gallium arsenide based semiconductors offer?

8. What do the words “…smaller, faster, and smarter…” refer to?

Exercises

1. Give the definition to the following words and word-combinations. Make up your own sentences.

Miniaturization, quadraphonic sound, bubble memories, paperless office, electronic ink, computer architecture, a densely-packed circuit.

2. Translate the following into English.

Зменшуватися в розмірі, технологія монтажу на поверхню, вимагати,

значні прориви, виправдовувати очікування, винайдення, сучасні офіси, здійснювати, робити краще ніж хтось, багато досліджень спрямовано на, щільно, призводить до, коротші зв’язки, споживання енергії, складні інтегральні схеми.

3. Match the following words to make word combinations. Make up your own sentences.

A

B

surface mount

scale

perform

architecture

running

proposition

wide

effect

practical

functions

computing

circuit

computer

technology

significant

the OS

densely-packed

aspect

parallel

power

4. Using the phrases given below agree or disagree with the statements below.

Certainly, I'm afraid I can’t agree, of course, surely, as far as I know, I entirely disagree.

1. Operating speed can be meaningly increased.

2. Semiconductors based on gallium arsenide, promise to offer smaller, more densely packed transistors.

3. Much research is intended to make transistors smaller.

4. The Blue Gene programme is aimed at developing a new network architecture that will outperform all of today's machines.

5. Everyone thought that the advent of computer on a wide scale wouldn’t lead to the “paperless office”.

6. Quadraphonic sound and bubble memories failed the expectations.

7. The smallest PC in the world is about the size of a normal USB drive.