And we're talking about adjectives that end in –ic and –ical.

我们正在讨论以–ic和–ical结尾的形容词。

Today we're talking about adjectives that end in i-c, pronounced ic, and adjectives that end in i-c-a-l, pronounced ical.

本期我们将学到形容词以i-c结尾的，发音为ic，而形容词以i-c-a-l结尾的，发音为ical。

A single silicon wafer is generally used to create dozens of ICs.

单个硅晶圆通常用于制造数十个 IC。

Monday morning, he sits on a bag of ic and studies the game tape.

周一早上他会坐在一包冰上研究录像带。

And then right there -- IC: Yeah. They contact, and then their arms clash together.

GG：然后就在那里—— IC：是的。他们接触，然后他们的手臂碰撞在一起。

These are called Integrated Circuits, or ICs.

这些被称为集成电路或 IC。

When you see " ic" on the end, it means it's an adjective and we're describing something.

当你在末尾看到“ic”时，这意味着它是一个形容词，我们正在描述一些东西。

Kilby built his ICs out of germanium, a rare and unstable material.

Kilby 用锗制造了他的 IC，这是一种稀有且不稳定的材料。

And that's something I know as a former IC writer that your readers are very, very keen on.

作为一名前 IC 作家， 我知道您的读者非常非常热衷于此。

A few months later in 1959, Fairchild Semiconductor, lead by Robert Noyce, made ICs practical.

几个月后的 1959 年，由罗伯特·诺伊斯 (Robert Noyce) 领导的仙童半导体公司 (Fairchild Semiconductor) 使 IC 实用化。

These models are device level specifications and are used to qualify IC components and intended for customer assembly production lines.

这些模型是设备级规范，用于鉴定 IC 组件并用于客户装配生产线。

Today, you can buy ICs for cents.

今天，您可以用几分钱购买 IC。

And and the way you'll do that is by exceeding there's an absolute maximcurrent that can go out of each IC device.

而要做到这一点的方法是，通过超过每个IC设备可以流出的绝对最大电流。

IC prices also fell dramatically, from an average of $50 in 1962 to around $2 in 1968.

IC 价格也急剧下降，从 1962 年的平均 50 美元跌至 1968 年的 2 美元左右。

However, even when using really really itty-bitty components, it was hard to get much more than around five transistors onto a single IC.

然而，即使使用非常非常小的组件，也很难在单个 IC 上放置超过 5 个晶体管。

At the start of the 1960s, an IC rarely contained more than 5 transistors, they just couldn’t possibly fit.

在 1960 年代初，一个 IC 很少包含超过 5 个晶体管，它们根本装不下。

In the early days, an IC might only contain a simple circuit with just a few transistors, like this early Westinghouse example.

在早期，一个 IC 可能只包含一个简单的电路，只有几个晶体管，就像这个早期的西屋示例。

But, by the mid 1960s, we were starting to see ICs with over 100 transistors on the market.

但是，到 20 世纪 60 年代中期，我们开始看到市场上有超过 100 个晶体管的 IC。

ICs are sort of like lego for computer engineers “building blocks” that can be arranged into an infinite array of possible designs.

IC 有点像计算机工程师的乐高积木“积木”，可以排列成无限多的可能设计。

Here is what an IC might look like from above, with wires crisscrossing above and below each other, interconnecting all the individual elements together into complex circuits.

这是从上方看 IC 的样子，导线在彼此上方和下方交叉，将所有单独的元件互连在一起形成复杂的电路。