Memory loss and gain

摘要

TO SEE JUST how fast microchips are eating the world, look at the Consumer Electronics Show (ces), an annual gadget-fest held in Las Vegas. This year's event includes everything from ultra-high-definition televisions, "smart" light bulbs and powered exoskeletons to concept cars that can drive sideways and house robots designed to deliver toilet paper. Every one of these must-have consumer trinkets is a computer in disguise, with innards made from microprocessors, memory chips and circuit boards.