美国的电子工业已摆脱了它的无生气状态,并已在与日本和欧洲竞争开发高清晰度电视(HDTV)方面迈出了一大步,HDTV 技术不仅将导致电视方面的革命,而且将导致计算机与通信工业的革命。上周美国电话电报公司(AT&T)和齐尼思(Zenith)电子公司——唯一剩下的一家美国拥有的电视厂商——已同意共同开发 HDTV 系统。它们已共同向国防高级研究计划局(DARPA)申请资助。HDTV 现也已成了国会的热门问题,上周国会已通过一项立法来鼓励建立一个政府资助的旨在发展这种新技术的联营企业。虽然美国在这方面的起步晚于欧洲和日本,但美国的工 The US electronics industry has freed itself from its slump and has taken a big step toward competing with Japan and Europe for the development of high definition television (HDTV) that will not only lead to a revolution in television but will also lead to Computer and communications industry revolution. Last week, AT & T and Zenith Electronics, the only remaining U.S.-owned television maker, have agreed to work together to develop HDTV systems. They have jointly applied for funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). HDTV is now also a hot issue in Congress, and last week Congress passed legislation to encourage the creation of a government-funded consortium to develop this new technology. Although the United States started later in this area than Europe and Japan, the United States workers