财富精英励志演讲44：提高我们的能力,满足您的要求(11)

 　　Alpha gives Compaq a leadership, 64-bit architecture at least two-years ahead of Merced - which, I should add, will also be an integral part of our product portfolio¹.

　　Alpha使康柏拥有了一种领先的64位体系结构，该结构比Merced至少提前两年实现。在此我希望多说一句，Alpha将成为康柏产品系列中不可或缺的一部分。

　　We see Alpha as an extension of Compaq's current product line and as a strategic platform for power-hungry applications like data warehousing, high-performance technical computing³ and Internet commerce.

　　我们将把Alpha做为康柏现有产品系列的扩展部分，并将其做为迫切需要增强功能的应用（如数据仓库、高性能技术计算和Internet商务）的战略性平台。

　　We also see an opportunity to establish Alpha as an open industry standard, building on Digital's licensing⁴ agreements with Intel and Samsung and its proposed agreement with AMD.

　　我们同时也看到了一个使Alpha成为工业标准的机会，这将建立在DEC公司与英特尔公司和三星电子公司的授权协议以及与AMD的建议协议基础之上。

　　I think it is important to note that Microsoft is using Alpha as the development platform for 64-bit Windows NT.

　　Microsoft公司正将Alpha做为其64位Windows NT的开发平台，我认为这是非常重要的。

　　We also see significant opportunities to deliver customer value with Digital UNIX, which is widely regarded as the leader in 64-bit UNIX. It is also the most Windows NT-friendly UNIX on the market.

　　我们也看到了一个大好的机会，即可以通过Digital UNIX向客户提供更高的价值，业界广泛认为Digital UNIX是64位UNIX的佼佼者，同时也是现在市场上能够与Windows NT最友好集成的UNIX系统。

　　Digital has attracted several partners to help develop Digital UNIX for Merced. This gives us an opportunity to establish Digital UNIX as the standard for 64-bit UNIX on Alpha today and on Alpha and Merced in the future.

　　DEC公司吸引了若干合作伙伴来帮助其为Merced开发Digital UNIX。这使我们有机会使Digital UNIX成为当今Alpha 64位UNIX的标准，并成为未来Alpha和Merced的标准。

　　In addition, we will continue to partner with SCO to offer UNIXWARE to the 32-bit Intel volume market I also want to reassure⁵ customers who rely on Digital's OpenVMS operating system as well as on Tandem's NonStop Kernel⁶ that we will continue to support and enhance these products.

　　此外，我们将继续与SCO公司合作，向32位英特尔批量市场提供UNIX WARE²。在这里，我还想告诉那些使用Digital Open VMS操作系统和天腾公司Non Stop Kernel的客户，我们将继续支持并改进这些产品。

1 portfolio   

n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位

参考例句：

• He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
• He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。

2 ware   

n.(常用复数)商品，货物

参考例句：

• The shop sells a great variety of porcelain ware.这家店铺出售品种繁多的瓷器。
• Good ware will never want a chapman.好货不须叫卖。

3 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

4 licensing   

v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句

5 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

6 kernel   

n.(果实的)核，仁；(问题)的中心，核心

参考例句：

• The kernel of his problem is lack of money.他的问题的核心是缺钱。
• The nutshell includes the kernel.果壳裹住果仁。