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LESSON 1
SPECIALISTS OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

PART 1

Task 1. Learn the following words and word combinations:
Hardware-software integration, circuit design, embedded
microcontrollers, analog sensors, circuit boards, robotics research.

Task 2. Make up your own sentences using words and phrases
from the previous exercise.

TEXT 1
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Computer engineering is a discipline that integrates several
fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to
develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training
in electronic engineering (or electrical engineering), software design,
and hardware-software integration instead of only software
engineering or electronic engineering. Computer engineers are
involved in many hardware and software aspects of computing, from
the design of individual microprocessors, personal computers, and
supercomputers, to circuit design. This field of engineering not only
focuses on how computer systems themselves work, but also how
they integrate into the larger picture.
Usual tasks involving computer engineers include writing
software and firmware for embedded microcontrollers, designing
VLSI chips, designing analog sensors, designing mixed signal circuit
boards, and designing operating systems. Computer engineers are
also suited for robotics research, which relies heavily on using digital
systems to control and monitor electrical systems like motors,
communications, and sensors.

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