English to Chinese Tech/Engineering Computers: Hardware

Silicon may be the answer. "Silicon to us, it's maybe not a religious experience, but it's pretty close," Gelsinger says. "Silicon has proven cost effective, scalable, durable, manufacturable and has all sorts of other wonderful characteristics." Photonic parts made of silicon would make optics more affordable and broaden potential uses. "Today, optics is a niche technology. Tomorrow it's the mainstream of every chip that we build," Gelsinger says.
对我们而言硅也许不是宗教体验。
这样翻译太直白了，作者是说硅技术的现实性，并非虚无缥缈。不知如何处理是好。