Photonic Computing

Photonic Computing
Research Cost: 1500
Summary
Replaces conventional electron-based computing with super-high-bandwidth photons.
Description
Our current computing devices depend upon passing a current through increasingly tiny microchips, but the laws of physics present barriers we cannot circumvent. The road to the future is not paved in processors shrunk by a handful more nanometers, but instead in light - using photons - rather than electrons. By replacing electronic data transfer and storage with photonic, or optical, equivalents, we can dramatically increase both the speed and efficiency of our computational capabilities. Though optoelectronic hybrids exist, these systems lose nearly 30% of their energy, due to the inefficiency of signal conversion. Wholly optical circuits remove this inefficiency, and thus can process algorithms at a speed beyond the reach of traditional devices, while consuming far less energy. At last, we have our first working photonic chip. This is the breakthrough we have long needed - one that will ultimately birth an even brighter future of quantum computing and true artificial intelligence.
Full List of Prerequisites. Name Type Cost
Total Research Cost (including itself)
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Direct Prerequisite For
Techs		Projects
Advanced Neural Networks • Predictive Genetics • Advanced Atomic Manipulation		(40%)Civilian Photonic Computing • (100%)Targeting Computer • (100%)Global Listening Network
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Org Stars Stats and Missions Bonuses and Resource Incomes Affinities and Requirements Purchase Cost Kaiser Securities 1 to 2 25%: 3 1 to 2 25%: 1 50%: 1% to 2% 2% 2 to 5 2 to 4 10 to 20 Affinity: Banned: Photonic Computing 250 to 500 steak4all 25%: 1 25%: 1 25%: 1 3 to 4 25%: 1 Advise 2% 1 25 to 50 50%: 1 to 3 50%: 1 to 10 Affinity: Photonic Computing 500 to 1000 Random InformationTechnology12 1 20%: 1% to 3% 25%: 1% to 5% 10%: 1% to 3% 10% 50%: 2 to 5 20 to 30 Photonic Computing 200 to 400
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"Sisters and brothers, I remind you the Lord said, 'Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?' It is our destiny, our right, to embrace the marvels He has seen fit to provide us. The Enemy would have you believe this is playing god, but nay. We are taking dominion of our world, and claiming our rightful place at His right hand." Superior Judith Howell, The Servants From her first official Xenobaptist sermon, three weeks before the Night of Cleansing Flame
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