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Computer Core |
A star ship's computer core controls every system onboard the
ship, from weapons to propulsion. All Federation starships
feature multiple redundant computer cores. Each core is capable
of running all of the ship's primary systems and most of the
secondary systems. On larger ships like the Galaxy and Sovereign
classes two primary cores are located in the saucer section,
these cores run in parallel to each other, if one fails the
other core is able to take over with missing a calculation. A
third core is located in the star drive section and is used only
when the two primary cores fail or when the saucer is separated.
The computer cores are massive cylindrical objects that that
cross seven decks, on smaller ship like the Defiant class the
cores are only two decks high. The computer core uses Faster
Then Light data transfer, this is accomplished by using
miniature subspace field generators. The upper level of the core
contains the core monitoring room, the FTL nano-processor units,
and access to the subspace field system.
Each core on a Galaxy class ship has 2,048 modules made up of
144 Isolinear chips that provide a storage capacity of 630,000
kilo quads with a memory access rate of 4,600 kilo quads/sec.
The main cores are supplemented by 380 sub processors located
throughout the ship. These sub processors do not have FLT
capabilities but help to improve overall response time of the
system. The main cores and the sub processors are both tied into
the ships Optical Data Network All of the ships display panels,
sensors, relpicator, and system are connected to the ships ODN
system for direct access to the computer core or sub processor
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