Etched into silicon, the radio is starting to benefit from the dramatic decreases in size and cost and the huge increase in performance that have recently propelled computing.

• 无线电模块集成在硅芯片上后，无线广播设备开始大幅变小，成本急剧下降，性能也不断大大改善，近来还向独立计算机方向发展。