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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory in suburban Chicago is home to one of the newest, fastest, most efficient supercomputers in the country, called MIRA. But despite the new equipment, lawmakers are concerned that the United States is losing the international supercomputing race, a field it has dominated for decades.

美國能源部在芝加哥郊區(qū)阿爾貢國家實驗室推出了國內最新、最快、最有效的一個名為MIRA的超級計算機。但是，根據(jù)美國之音記者法拉鮑的報道，盡管有這個新的設備，可是美國國會議員擔心美國正在失去超級計算機競爭中保持了幾十年的的主導權。

Lined up in a sprawling room on the second floor of Argonne National Laboratory’s Theory and Computing Sciences building is the future of supercomputing.

在阿爾貢國家實驗室理論和計算機科學大樓二樓一個碩大的房間內放著未來的超級計算機。

Argonne Director Eric Isaacs says MIRA can go where few computers can.

阿爾貢國家實驗室主任埃里克.艾薩克斯說MIRA可以做到幾乎很少電腦可以做到的事情。

“A machine like this enables us to start solving complex problems, and by complex problems, I mean problems that have many moving parts," he said. "Like a jet engine, a photovoltaic cell, like a grid, if you think about a power grid, a power grid is a very complicated thing.”

阿爾貢國家實驗室的埃里克?艾薩克斯說：“像這樣的機器可以幫助我們解決一些復雜的問題。我這里所說的復雜的問題指的是那些涉及很多移動部件的問題，像噴氣發(fā)動機，光伏電池。比如電網，你可以想想電網，這是一個非常復雜的東西?！?/p>

When construction and assembly of MIRA began, it was projected to be the third fastest computer on the planet, clocking in at around 10 petaflops.

MIRA開始建造組裝的時候，預計將是這個世界上第三快的計算機。時速大約是10千萬億次。

“That’s 10 quadrillion operations per second. That’s just very fast,” according to Isaacs.

埃里克?艾薩克斯說:“它每秒運算10千萬億次，非?？?。”

But not fast enough to stay on top.

但是并沒有快到遙遙。

By the time U.S. Senator Dick Durbin arrived at Argonne for a ceremonial ribbon cutting to officially dedicate the newest machine on the supercomputing block, MIRA had fallen to fifth place in the global ranking of the world’s fastest computers.

當美國參議員迪克?德賓抵達阿爾貢參加最新超級計算機正式投入的剪彩儀式時。在全球計算機的速度排名中，MIRA已經跌至第五位。

“The fastest computer in the world is in China,” Isaacs said.

埃里克?艾薩克斯說：“最快的計算機在中國?！?/p>

That computer, known as The Milky Way 2 housed in Guangzhou, is about three times the speed of Argonne’s MIRA.

這臺叫做天河二號的電腦在中國廣州，它的速度是MIRA的三倍。

“It’s also a real threat," Isaacs said. "We’re now seeing China more often take the lead role of being the fastest or having the fastest machine in the world.”

埃里克?艾薩克斯 阿爾貢國家實驗室說：“這是一個真正的威脅。我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)中國現(xiàn)在在速度上一直，而且擁有很多世界上最快的機器。

The trend troubles Durbin, who wants the United States to remain competitive in the supercomputing race.

這一威脅困擾著德賓，他希望美國在超級計算機的競爭中保持主導權。

“There’s a competition in this world not just for jobs but for basic research that can be applied to the private sector and public sector, and the world of supercomputing is where many of those battles will be fought,” he said.

美國國會參議員迪克?德賓說：“世界上有一種競爭不只是為了工作而是為了適用于私營部門和公共部門的基礎研究。在超級計算機的領域中有很多這樣的斗爭?！?/p>

Durbin says there also are battles to be fought in the U.S. Congress, where funding for supercomputers is bogged down in the politics of deficit reduction and tighter budgets.

德賓表示美國國會也有很多這種斗爭，在削減赤字和緊縮預算的政治情況下，超級計算機的資金問題停滯不前。

“They know the cost, but they don’t know the value," he said. "We really need to educate members of Congress this supercomputing competition is really key to America’s competitiveness and to a lot of breakthroughs that will benefit the whole world.”

美國參議員迪克?德賓說：“他們知道費用是多少，但是他們不知道其價值是什么。我們必須告訴國會議員超級計算機的競爭是美國競爭力的關鍵所在，也是很多利于世界的突破口所在。”

Although MIRA is not the fastest, it does hold the distinction of being the most energy efficient. Air around the processors inside the machine is cooled using chilled water in copper tubes instead of fans, which also reduces the amount of noise it creates.

美國參議員迪克?德賓說：“他們知道費用是多少，但是他們不知道其價值是什么。我們必須告訴國會議員超級計算機的競爭是美國競爭力的關鍵所在，也是很多利于世界的突破口所在?！?/p>

常用計算機詞匯、服務器

C2C: card-to-card interleaving，卡到卡交錯存取

cc-NUMA(cache-coherent non uniform memory access，連貫緩沖非統(tǒng)一內存尋址)

CHRP(Common Hardware Reference Platform，共用硬件平臺，IBM為PowerPC制定的標準，可以兼容Mac OS, Windows NT, Solaris, OS/2, Linux和AIX等多種操作系統(tǒng))

EMP: Emergency Management Port，緊急事件管理端口

ICMB: Inter-Chassis Management Bus, 內部管理總線

MPP(Massive Parallel Processing，巨量平行處理架構)

MUX: Data Path Multiplexor，多重路徑數(shù)據(jù)訪問

常用計算機詞匯、游戲

ACT(Action，動作類游戲)

ARPG(Action Role Play Games，動作角色扮演游戲)

AVG(Adventure Genre，冒險類游戲)

DAN(Dance，跳舞類游戲，包括跳舞機、吉它機、打鼓機等)

DC(Dreamcast，世嘉64位游戲機)

ETC(etc，其它類游戲，包括模擬飛行)

FFJ: Force Feedback Joystick(力量反匱式操縱桿)

FPP(First Person Game，第一人稱游戲)

FTG(Fighting Game，格斗類游戲)

GB(Game Boy，任天堂4位手提游戲機)

GBC(Game Boy Color，任天堂手提16色游戲機)

GG(Game Gear，世嘉彩色手提游戲機)

FC(Famicom，任天堂8位游戲機)

fps(frames per second，幀/秒)

FR(Frames Rate，游戲運行幀數(shù))

MAC(Macintosh，蘋果電腦)

N64(Nintendo 64，任天堂64位游戲機)

SFC(Super Famicom，超級任天堂16位游戲機)

SLG(Simulation Game，模擬類游戲)

SPG(Sports Games，運動類游戲)

SRPG(Strategies Role Play Games，戰(zhàn)略角色扮演游戲)

STG(Shoot Game，射擊類游戲)

SS(Sega Saturn，世嘉土星32位游戲機)

PC(Personal Computer，個人計算機)

PS(Play Station，索尼32位游戲機)

PS(Pocket Station，索尼手提游戲機)

RAC(race，賽車類游戲)

RTS(Real Time Strategies，實時戰(zhàn)略)

RPG(Role Play Games，角色扮演游戲)

TAB(Table Chess，桌棋類游戲)

常用計算機詞匯、通信

CTI：Computer Telephone Integration，計算機電話綜合技術

DBS: Direct Broadcast Satellite，直接衛(wèi)星廣播

DWDM: Dense WaveLength Division Multiplex，波長密集型復用技術

MMDS: Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service，多波段多點分發(fā)服務

PCM: Pulse Code Modulation，脈沖編碼調制

PSTN(Public Switched Telephone Network，公用交換式電話網)

TAPI: Telephony Application Programming Interface，電話應用程序接口

TSAPI: Telephony Services Application Programming Interface，電話服務應用程序接口

WDM: WaveLength Division Multiplex，波分多路復用

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