Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

The computing power of the optical computing test machine is indeed much more powerful than the optical quantum computer of the same level.

However, it did not meet the standards expected by the Academy of Sciences.

In other words, it wasn't exceeded by as much as the Academy expected.

There is progress, but not much.

If you also consider the maintenance and operating costs of optical computers...

The advantages of computers alone are even smaller.

The most important problem is that its size to computing power ratio is too low!

The computing power of an optical computer covering an area of ​​more than 100 square meters can only be compared with that of a small optical quantum computer covering an area of ​​a few square meters.

It is true that there is still a lot of room for improvement in the size of optical computers by improving light materialization technology and various manufacturing processes.

only……

Lu Yongchang frowned as he looked at the test data in front of him, and quickly calculated on the holographic projection.

According to his estimation, even if the manufacturing process is upgraded to the level of the imperial fortress master brain, the computing power of an optical computer with the same size as an optical quantum computer will only increase by about 200%.

That is the level of craftsmanship of a seventh-level civilization!

If we use the technology of human civilization as a reference, the computing power of optical computers of the same size may only increase by 100%!

Let’s look at the mastermind of Imperial Fortress.

It can easily be crushed by thousands of times of computing power.

It is also an optical computer, so the gap between the two is too big!

Perhaps, before meeting the mastermind of the Tenth Empire Fortress, Lu Yongchang would be satisfied with this research result.

After all, for today's human civilization, a 100% increase in computing power is already incredible.

But after seeing the scene of being crushed by thousands of times of computing power, Lu Yongchang's mind became "wild".

Simply put.

I could have tolerated the darkness, if I had never seen the sun!

The Tenth Empire can do it, why can’t human civilization do it? !

Silicon-based organisms are a failure, so isn’t Lu Yongchang’s technology tree a failure? !

At this moment, the nature of scientific research changed unknowingly.

This will be a showdown between losers.

…

Holographic projections filled with complex data filled the entire optical computer research center.

Lu Yongchang stood alone among these giant holographic projections, shining like a god under the blue light.

Not far behind him were countless academicians of the Academy of Sciences working at their desks.

At this moment, the activity level of Lu Yongchang’s quantum brain continues to soar.

In just a few seconds, brain activity easily crosses the original threshold.

But Lu Yongchang didn't feel any physical discomfort. He even felt that his physical condition was increasing along with the activity of his quantum brain!

A flash of enlightenment suddenly flashed in his mind.

It seems that this is the result of body transformation when advancing to the sixth level civilization technology tree.

The body transformed by unknown energy is more adaptable to the quantum state of the brain and can better unleash the potential of the quantum brain.

As the level of brain activity continued to increase, Lu Yongchang felt the feeling of "omniscience and omnipotence" for the first time when faced with hundreds of huge holographic projections that quickly refreshed data.

No matter how fast the data refreshes and how many holographic projections there are, he can easily grasp every detail of the data changes.

As an artificial intelligence, Zero uses its huge computing power to perform the initial screening of experimental data.

The other academicians of the research center relied on zero computing power to assist in secondary processing of the data.

Lu Yongchang, on the other hand, relied on his own brain to summarize and analyze all the secondary processed data!

There is no doubt that the work done by Lu Yongchang is the most important thing!

Without Lu Yongchang, just analyzing these data would have taken months or even years.

In addition to resource factors, this is also one of the reasons why there are so few advanced civilizations in the universe!

In the early days of civilization, a simple theoretical breakthrough and a great man could cause a civilization's technological explosion. This phenomenon is not uncommon in the universe, and is even common.

This phenomenon may occur in first-level civilization, second-level civilization, and even third-level civilization.

This is also the biggest reason why the Dark Forest Law is prevalent among low-level civilizations.

But when reaching the fourth level of civilization and above, under normal circumstances, the progress of civilization cannot be easily completed.

With the increasingly large amount of experimental and observational data, any theoretical or technological breakthrough requires the efforts of countless generations within civilization!

As time passed by, Lu Yongchang's brows wrinkled deeper and deeper, and his face gradually began to show obvious fatigue.

seem……

No problems were found.

All components of the optical computer are running in a normal state, but its unit operating speed is still far inferior to that of the optical brain of the Tenth Empire.

"...a problem with the architecture?"

Lu Yongchang murmured softly.

When Mo Zeyang, who was not far away, heard this, he immediately put down his work and suddenly raised his head, staring at Lu Yongchang with burning eyes: "It's really possible!"

"Optical computers may require a unique architecture that cannot be used in the original optical quantum computer architecture."

Mo Zeyang put forward a hypothesis.

Lu Yongchang nodded thoughtfully, turned his head, and turned his gaze to the giant holographic projection on the other side.

"Whether this is the case, we will know soon."

Mo Zeyang was stunned and followed Lu Yongchang's gaze.

The holographic projections showed detailed observation data of the Imperial Fortress Mastermind.

If self-production failed, imitation would be fine, right?

You can't copy the answer and still come up with something, right?

With this idea in mind, the R\u0026D center started making the second optical computing test machine again.

With the experience of the first one, the production process of the second test machine was much smoother.

The R\u0026D center even tried to simply improve the manufacturing process.

Although it was not a big breakthrough, it was still a bit of progress.

…

A few months later.

The second optical computing test machine was successfully unveiled.

From the appearance alone, it is not much different from the Fortress Mastermind left by the Tenth Empire.

It is also a spherical structure.

The spherical structure contains various small and complex multiple structures.

However… due to the lack of technology, the size of this imitation is much larger than the Imperial Fortress Mastermind.

Roughly speaking, the volume is about a thousand times that of the Fortress Mastermind.

It can be called a behemoth.

In order to house it, the R\u0026D center could only place the high-purity vacuum laboratory on a planetary fortress that was almost completed.

Poor planetary fortress, it became a worker before it was actually born.