信息科学类专业英语Lesson 7 Configurable Computing.pptVIP

　　Computers that modify their hardware circuits as they operate are opening a new era in computer design. Because they can filter data rapidly, they excel at pattern recognition, image processing and encryption 　　Computer designers face a constant struggle to find the right balance between speed and generality. They can build versatile chips that perform many different functions relatively slowly, or they can devise application-specific chips that do only a limited set of tasks but do them much more quickly. Microprocessors (such as the Intel Pentium or Motorola PowerPC chips commonly found i