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Ultimate Chip Colloquial term for a class of
diamondoid based processing devices used
as the fundamental unit for constructing
Second Singularity mind cores as well as various other applications.  |
A basic processor consists of a diamondoid block measuring 1cm x 1cm x
1mm in size and massing approximately .352 grams. A UC
typically operates at a baseline comfortable temperature of 300 degrees
Kelvin with an input power of approximately 100 watts. Ultimate chips
use phonon (quantized vibration packets) based computation and data
transmission methods which are much more efficient than photon based
designs at temperatures below ~1000 degrees Kelvin in a diamondoid
substrate.
A single Ultimate Chip is capable of processing some 5.09911 E21
bits
per second and storing approximately 4.88 E20 bits
within its
structure. When linked to other processing units or external
transmission devices designed to operate in the phonon regime it is
capable of transmitting information at bandwidth rates of 8.77 E23
bits
per second.
Ultimate chips were originally invented by the first Second
Singularity (S2) intelligences as part of the effort to move their
minds
into more efficient substrates. Seeking to move from the
massive networks of linked nanocomputers that initially housed them at
the time of their transcension beyond the First Singularity, the early
S2 developed processors that seemed to push computation to the very
limits of conventional matter. By linking vast numbers of
such chips together they were able to create processing substrates
that, while still quite large in comparison to the brains of First
Singularity minds, were only a fraction of the size of the original
processors the S2 began on.
In the modern era Ultimate Chips continue to form the basis for Second
Singularity minds as well as many of their technologies. They
also provide the foundation for the computation and communication
networks of a number of civilizations. Even those cultures
with access to Third,
Fourth,
or even higher singularity level
technologies will often use ‘Ultimate’ chips to
operate their lower level communication and processing nodes.
References:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/phonon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonon
