miniaturisation

1. His appointment will increase speculation that Intel could focus on building this side of its business to become more of a foundry for outside companies, given its lead in the miniaturisation of chips.
   鉴于英特尔在芯片微型化方面的领先地位，对他的任命将加强外界对于英特尔可能将重点业务放在处理器制造上的猜测，即成为外部公司的芯片铸造厂。
2. In 2008 it will introduce a new microprocessor architecture, followed in 2009 by the next level of miniaturisation 32 nanometres and another new design in 2010.
   2008年，该公司将推出新型微处理器架构，2009年，将把小型化技术推至更高水平32纳米，2010年，又将推出新的设计。
3. The practical case for sending people into space gets ever-weaker with each advance in robots and miniaturisation.
   把人送上太空的实际情况，使得机器人和小型化的每次改进都更缺乏说服力。
4. The new fabrication method comes as manufacturers reach the limits of hard disc miniaturisation using traditional manufacturing techniques and look to so-called "patterned media" regular arrays of magnetic material on the disc surface as the way ahead.
   这种新制造方法出现之际，制造商利用传统制造工艺进行的硬盘小型化已达到极限，并将所谓的“晶格介质”（patternedmedia）磁性材料在磁盘表面的规则排列视为未来的发展之道。
5. Recent development trends of multilayer ceramic capacitors are miniaturisation, lower voltage, larger capacitance, lower production cost and formation of HV MLCC series.
   小型、低压、大容量化，片式高压系列化和低成本化是当前多层陶瓷电容器的主要技术发展趋势；

noun

1. act of making on a greatly reduced scale

   Synonym:    miniaturization