Chapter 2758: Magic Artifact Bottleneck, the Crown King's Deliberations

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The "Aurora One" Matrix Computer that Lingxun Company aims to sell externally, excluding the parts connected to traditional electronic computers, realizes all other system functions—including input/output, calculation, and storage—through matrices.

Among these, the core calculation matrix array requires the largest number of matrices because this module contains control and arithmetic functions similar to a traditional computer's central processing unit; this is the core of the Matrix Computer.

Classified by design architecture, "Aurora One" belongs to the million-matrix level; it is not that higher-level core calculation modules cannot be realized, but under the current design architecture, a million matrices are sufficient, and any more would merely be equivalent to starting a new machine, failing to improve the performance of a single unit.

Electronic computers can form supercomputers by connecting countless individual computers, and Matrix Computers can do the same, but when measuring the functionality of a computer, one does not calculate the aggregate capability of countless units.

If there is no breakthrough in related Matrix Computer technology, the million-level is already near the bottleneck.

Aside from the core calculation module, the number of basic matrices required for other functions of an "Aurora One" is also around several million, and this figure will not change significantly during future upgrades.

In other words, a current "Aurora One" computer contains nearly ten million basic matrices; if one Spirit Stone can only be engraved with one matrix, this would require nearly 1 cubic meter of matrix-bearing material.

And the worst matrix material is not the Spirit Stone itself; it would take nearly ten million pieces.

Although its performance is not much different from its bulky counterparts, its energy consumption is significantly reduced. Xia Chengyue estimates that several Dharma-cultivating cultivators inputting Dharma Power simultaneously could power it without needing extra Psionic reserves.

That number seems huge, but in reality, compared to a spaceship capable of space jumps, it is negligible.

Xia Chengyue, however, does not need to consider such problems; for others, high-quality Spiritual Energy Affinity Materials like Spirit Stones are only 1 square centimeter in size, but for Xia Chengyue, he can have as much as he wants.

Having had the experience of building a personal spaceship for Yu Wei, Xia Chengyue began to list the major elements essential for a Transition Spaceship with familiarity.

Xia Chengyue maintained his consistent design philosophy: build the "beggar version" first, then add whatever is needed later, taking it step by step. However, having had the experience of designing a spaceship before, Xia Chengyue added a main control computer—"Aurora One" is sufficient—and the control system designed for Yu Wei's spaceship can also be brought over for use.

Otherwise, the reaction rate control of the Fusion Battery alone would be a disaster.

Not to mention the manufacturing difficulty, the design difficulty alone has been greatly reduced, as there is no need to consider the problem of discrete matrix integration.

So, how big is this "Aurora One"?

Earth-like artificial gravity, spaceship interior decorations, weapons, control computers, and the like are all unnecessary; all functions must be controlled by the pilot themselves. Generally speaking, only those who have achieved the Primordial Spirit can control things with such precision.

In the future, as processing technology improves, smaller, single-user Matrix Computers will certainly appear.

When Xia Chengyue was erasing the traces of his jump in the starry sky, he was also manifesting "Aurora One" in the Original Realm, naturally for the design of the Transition Spaceship; he was already impatient to pilot a Transition Spaceship.

And currently, what Lingxun Company uses itself is only a product processed by a 6-matrix-level engraving machine; the size is imaginable.

First of all, since it is called a Transition Spaceship, a Jump Engine is definitely necessary. The Jump Engine is a "Magic Artifact" engraved with a Space Jump Matrix Array, containing tens of millions of basic matrices; it is the core part of the spaceship.

Other things like the fixed frame, decorations, etc., are ignored.

As the precision of the Matrix Engraving Machine improves, the required cost—that is, the number of Spirit Stones—will also drop significantly. If processed with a 20-matrix-level engraving machine, the main body of the final Matrix Computer would only be 50,000 cubic centimeters (the volume of 50 liters of water).

Secondly, conventional power: a fusion reactor to produce conventional energy—electricity—to drive the Ion Thruster. Xia Chengyue has long had experience in this aspect; he once built a Fusion Battery roughly 20 centimeters in length, width, and height, which was enough to propel a small spaceship.

If it is a beggar-version spaceship, that is about enough.

Next is the Gravity Lock, an important component for the spaceship to accelerate and decelerate near celestial bodies. Conventional power thrusters eject a large amount of ultra-high-speed ions during takeoff and landing, causing great damage to the takeoff and landing platform, so a Gravity Lock is indispensable. For a small spaceship, it only takes nearly ten million basic matrices to realize this function.

People in the past could send humans to the moon using a computer inferior to a modern calculator; it is no surprise that Xia Chengyue can now design a Transition Spaceship with only over 100 million basic matrices.

Of course, comparing transistors and vacuum tubes to basic matrices is somewhat inappropriate, but it also illustrates the speed of technological progress. Xia Chengyue believes that with the continuous development of matrix technology, the number of basic matrices required for a spaceship will rise exponentially.

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However, there is one thing not to worry about: whether it is 20-matrix technology or 6-matrix technology, it does not have much impact on the actual performance of the Matrix Computer; there is only a significant difference in energy consumption.

When modern electronic computers were first born, they used less than 20,000 vacuum tubes, while now the central processing unit of any computer contains hundreds of millions of transistors; the speed of development is imaginable.

This was just something Xia Chengyue manifested casually, without pursuing high precision.

Such an "Aurora One" processed by a 20-matrix-level engraving machine has a quite frightening volume; imagine how big a 50-liter water heater is—that is about it.

The core of the Fusion Battery lies in the Gravity Matrix Array, which generates gravity similar to the interior of a star, pushing elemental hydrogen to fuse all the way until it becomes Iron, requiring several million basic matrices.

The higher the processing precision, the lower the energy consumption.

And Psionic reserves.

However, this Transition Spaceship with over 100 million basic matrices is not something that countries on Earth could easily build. Not to mention the Space Jump Matrix Array, just integrating countless tiny standard Spirit Stones and the matrices within them is an incomparably huge project.

In this way, a simplified version of a Transition Spaceship requires about over 100 million basic matrices to realize.

And before Xia Chengyue, the "Aurora One" processing technology transformed through the Original Realm Origin reached the 150-matrix level (1 standard Spirit Stone engraved with 150 basic matrices); the theoretical processing bottleneck of Dharma-level engraving machines was easily broken.

The matrix main body only has a volume of about 6.6 liters of water, which is about the size of a 10-centimeter-thick laptop; this is quite practical, and compared to the speed of size reduction when electronic computers were first born, it is already much faster.