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Задание II:
What did Robert Noyce co-invent and what was its significance?
What was the size of the integrated circuit co-invented by Robert Noyce?
What company did Robert Noyce co-found and what was its significance?
What was the microprocessor chip and what impact did it have on the computer industry?
Who were Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, and what was their background?
What technology did Jobs and Wozniak use in their first personal computer?
How did Jobs and Wozniak raise funds to fill their first orders for personal computers?
What were the roles of Wozniak and Jobs in their venture?
What did Wozniak admit about Jobs' role in selling the personal computer?
How did the personal computer impact the computer industry and the birth of new businesses?
Задание III:
"which was the basis for later computer design"
"that once filled an entire room"
"who had collaborated on their first project as computer hobbyists in a local computer club"
"that utilized the technology of Noyce's integrated circuit"
"To raise the $1300 needed to fill their first orders Jobs sold his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak sold his scientific calculator"
"who had backgrounds unlike Robert Noyce's"
"that without Jobs he would never have considered selling the computer or known how to do it"
Задание IV:
The text looks at the development of the computer industry, from the co-invention of the integrated circuit by Robert Noyce to the introduction of the personal computer by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak. It deals with the issue of how these technological advancements transformed the industry and led to the birth of new businesses. Among other things, the text raises the issue of the importance of both technical expertise and entrepreneurial skills in the computer industry. One of the main points to be singled out is the significance of the microprocessor chip, which became the heart of the computer and made it possible to contain a large computer system on a small chip. Great importance is also attached to the role of Robert Noyce in co-founding Intel, one of the most successful companies in the Silicon Valley. In this connection, I'd like to say that the text highlights the impact of the personal computer on the computer industry and the birth of new businesses. It further says that the personal computer was built using the technology of Noyce's integrated circuit, and that it was a product with great marketing potential for homes and small businesses. I find a question of how the roles of technical expertise and entrepreneurial skills intersect in the computer industry to be very important because both are necessary for success. We shouldn't forget that the personal computer revolutionized the computer industry and paved the way for the birth of new businesses. I think that the text should be mentioned here as a very important mechanism of technological advancement and business innovation.
than an eighth of an inch square but had the same power as a
transistor unit that was over 15 inches square or a vacuum tube
unit that was 6.5 feet square. As a businessman, Noyce co-founded
Intel one of the most successful companies in the Silicon Valley
and the first company to introduce the microprocessor. The micro¬
processor chip became the heart of the computer, making it pos¬sible for a large computer system that once filled an entire room to
be contained on a small chip that could be held in one's hand. The
directors of Intel could not have anticipated the effects that the
microprocessor would have on the world. It made possible the in¬vention of the personal computer and eventually led to the birth of
thousands of new businesses. Noyce's contributions to the develop¬ment of the integrated circuit and the microprocessor earned him
both wealth and fame before his death in 1990. In fact, many
people consider his role to be one of the most significant in the Silicon Valley story.
The two men who first introduced the personal computer (PC) to the marketplace had backgrounds unlike Robert Noyce's. They had neither prestigious university education nor experience in big busi¬ness Twenty-year-old Steven Jobs and twenty-four-year-old Stephen Wozniak were college drop-outs who had collaborated on their first project as computer hobbiests in a local computer club. Built in the garage of Jobs's parents, this first personal computer uti¬lized the technology of Noyce's integrated circuit. It was typewriter-sized, as powerful as a much larger computer, and inexpensive to build. To Wozniak the new machine was a gadget to share with other members of their computer club. To Jobs, however, it was a product with great marketing potential for homes and small busi¬nesses. To raise the $1300 needed to fill their first orders Jobs sold his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak sold his scientific calculator. Wozniak built and delivered the first order of 100 computers in ten days. Lacking funds, he was forced to use the least expensive mate¬rials, the fewest chips, and the most creative arrangement of com¬ponents. Jobs and Wozniak soon had more orders than they could fill with their makeshift production line.
Jobs and Wozniak brought different abilities to their venture: Wozniak was the technological wizard, and Jobs was the entrepreneur. Wozniak designed the first model, and Jobs devised its applications and attracted interest from investors and buyers. Wozniak once admitted that without Jobs he would never have considered selling the com¬puter or known how to do it. "Steve didn't do one circuit, design or piece of code. He's not really been into computers, and to this day he has never gone through a computer manual. But it never crossed my mind to sell computers. It was Steve who said, 'Let's hold them up and sell a few.'"
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