3.3 Nanocomputer Core

The Nanocomputer core is a direct outgrowth of nanocomputer pack technology, computer subprocessors that are on the atomic level. An individual nanocomp is a rod logic switch is the mechanical equivalent of a transistor and although this switch runs at 1.3 billion cycles per second, it is extremely compact and stackable. Used in parallel, one million rod switches, each cooking at 4 GHz, fit into a space less than a half a millionth of a meter, (or 10 times smaller than a human blood cell) and scream out computations at a rate of one thousand trillion per second. Core elements are based on FTL-aided nanocomp processor units, arranged into transtator clusters of 550 segments. In turn, clusters are grouped into processing modules composed of 200 clusters controlled by a bank of 15 standard isolinear optical chips. Each nanocore comprised 8 primary and 4 upper levels, each level containing an average of 6 modules.