英闻天下——180 China Debuts Self-developed High-end Server

 　　The first high-end server independently developed by a Chinese company has made its debut¹ in Beijing.

 

　　The Tiansuo K1 System, a fault-tolerant server developed by the Shangdong-based Inspur Group, was put on the market after four years of research and development.

 

　　Inspur said the R&D of Tiansuo cost 750 million yuan or about 120 million U.S. dollars.

 

　　The server's debut marks a beginning for China to end a long-time dependency on imports for high-end servers, officials from the Ministry² of Science and Technology said.

 

　　High-end servers have much higher processing capacity than regular ones and are core equipment for financial, telecommunication³, energy and other important industries.

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 telecommunication   

n.电信，远距离通信

参考例句：

• Telecommunication is an industry of service.电信业是一个服务型的行业。
• I only care about the telecommunication quality and the charge.我只关心通信质量和资费两个方面。