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152. Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.

技术的发展趋势有可能把硅谷重新推向未来。

153. Carver Mead, a pioneer in integrated circuits and a professor of computer science at the California Institute of Technology,

卡弗.米德 -- 集成电路的一位先驱，加州理工学院的计算机教授

154. notes there are now work-stations that enable engineers to design, test and produce chips right on their desks, much the way an editor creates a newsletter on a Macintosh.

注意到，现在有些计算机工作站使工程技术人员可以在他们的办公桌上设计、试验和生产芯片，就像一位编辑在苹果机上编出一份时事通讯一样。

155. As the time and cost of making a chip drop to a few days and a few hundred dollars,

由于制造一块芯片的时间已缩短至几天，费用也只有几百美元，

156. engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar without being penalized by expensive failures.

因此，工程技术人员可能很块就可充分发挥他们的想像力，而不会因失败而造成经济上的损失。

157. Mead predicts that inventors will be able to perfect powerful customized chips over a weekend at the office

米德预言发明者可以在办公室用一个周末的时间生产了完美的、功能很强的、按客户需求设计的芯片

158. ’We’re got more garages with smart people,’ Mead observes. ’We really thrive on anarchy.’