APM Project #86D: "Praesidium"

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Mainframe: Under way

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The mainframe is the artificial brain of the vessel. It must be capable to compute many tasks at the same time to remain efficient and offer full assistance in and outside combat situations, be it targeting assistance, heavy ordnance course calculations, or even slingshot manoeuvres around a celestial body. By nature, it must be able to achieve many different tasks, and require different computing cores, each specialized in a certain type of task.

Optronics cores have the ability to reprogram themselves almost instantly, making them a very versatile -and very fast- way of computing. As the data is transmitted through light, there is less heat that needs to be dissipated, thus making optronics-based computers very efficient as well. The usual downsize is, they are much more expensive than standard nano cores relying on electrical current. That is not, however, a problem for our company.

Quantum cores are commonly used when the mainframe is required to execute an algorithm with multiple processes at the same time, that uses a low amount of inputs and outputs.

Bio-neural cores are used in cases where traditional optical cores or even quantum cores would be unable to give an answer. These types of core operate on algorithms based on fuzzy logic, and operate much like a person would think.

Power and heat dissipation components are required to keep the systems at low temperature. A common solution is the implementation of heat sinks, but such sinks need to be discharged at some point to avoid bloating the sink. The hard-to-obtain Gallic Cryocube could be a solution to avoid bloating.

Finally, EMP protection. A pretty basic combat tactic involves sending high static energy charges at the hull of a ship to disable its electronics. There are many solutions to minimize the impact of such charges, but the best one so far has been Plasfoam Conduits. This type of conduit is designed to channel static charges away from critical components into other less important systems of the ship. On top of that, theses conduits are extremely resistant to heat and protect electronics from fire.

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