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IBM has unveiled a microscopic computer that's small enough to slip through a salt shaker.
国际商业机器公司（IBM）近日推出了一款小到能从盐瓶中倒出的微型电脑。
The company announced the creation of the world's smallest computer can "monitor, analyze, communicate and even act on data".
该公司宣称，这款全球最小电脑的诞生不仅可以“监控、分析、交换数据”，甚至可以“根据数据采取行动”。
Though the size is rather small, it's a mighty bit of hardware that has the computing power of an x86 chip. And the device will cost less than ten cents to manufacture.
尽管微型电脑的尺寸相当迷你，但它强大的硬件条件使其拥有相当于一张“x86”芯片的计算能力，且该装置的生产成本还不到10美分。
And this is only the start. Soon, this type of hardware will make it in to many more products, claims the company.
该公司称，这仅仅是开始。不久之后，这种类型的硬件将会进入更多的产品中。
"Within the next five years, cryptographic anchors - such as ink dots or tiny computers smaller than a grain of salt - will be embedded in everyday objects and devices," said IBM head of research Arvind Krishna.
IBM公司研究部主管阿尔温德·克里希纳称：“不出五年，像墨点大小的密码锚定机制或比盐粒还小的电脑将被嵌入到日常用品和各种装置中去。”
It's unclear when the tiny computer will be released, and we still don't know what its exact specs are.
目前还不清楚这种微型电脑会在什么时候发布，我们也不清楚其确切的规格是什么。
But we're supposedly looking at the future. Let's just hope someone doesn't accidentally step on it.
但是我们应该着眼于未来。我们只希望有人不要一不小心踩到它吧！
