Vocabulary:

chip - кристалл, схема

circuit - схема, канал

integrated circuit - интегральная схема

to create -создавать

silicon flake - кремневая пластинка

gate -схема, элемент

path - путь доступа

to connect - соединять

film - плёнка

wire -проволока

to consume - потреблять

cost -цена

currently -обычно

process -обрабатывать

ever- increasing - всевозрастающий

Упражнение 1. Найдите в тексте перевод следующих слов и словосочетаний.

интегральная схема

схема, элемент

соединять

потреблять энергию

обрабатывать команды

всевозрастающий

кристалл,схема

путь доступа

проволока

разнообразие устройств

Упражнение 2. Закончите предложения. Переведите их.

1. Chip is an integrated circuit created on a ... .2. Large number of gates and paths are formed by very thin films of.... 3. The chip can be used as main .... 4. Microprocessor consumes very .... 5. A computer is compact and of low ... . 6. It can currently process as many as a million or more .... The chip is used in a wide, ... of devices. They are ....

Упражнение 3. Который из данных предложений верный?

1. Chip is not an integrated circuit.

2. They are formed by very thick films of metal acting.

3. The chip can be used as main memory.

4. Logic capabilities are contained in different chips.

5. It consumes very much power.

6. It can currently process as many as a million or more instructions per second.

7. The chip is not used in a wide, ever-increasing variety of devices.

Упражнение 4. Образуйте вопросительные и отрицательные предложения.

Chip is an integrated circuit created on a tiny silicon flake. The chip can be used as main memory logic capabilities are contained in the same chip It consumes very little power The chip is used in a wide, ever-increasing variety of devices. They are PCs, calculators, digital watches, robots, and electronic games.

Упражнение 5. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Определите, какие слова заменены подчёркнутыми местоимениями.

Упражнение 6. Напишите предложения, употребив нужные по смыслу слова. Переведите предложения.

1. Chip is ... on a tiny silicon flake. 2. ... a large number of gates and paths connecting them are formed. 3. The chip can be used ... and logic capabilities are contained in ..., it is called a microprocessor or a computer on a chip. 4. It ... very little power, is compact and of low cost. 5. It can currently process as many ... instructions per second. 6. The chip is used in a wide, ever-increasing .... 7. ... are PCs, calculators, digital watches, robots, and electronic games.

a) the same chip

b) as a million or more

c) they

d) created

e) upon the flake

f) consumes

g) variety of devices

Упражнение 7. Составьте вопросы к тексту.

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