A spaceship’s CPU as its name implies is the Central Processing Unit for all
systems the spaceship contains. All systems use some amount of processing
power to operate, though to ease the burden on the main CPU, some
advanced systems may have their own processing power. CPU computational
power is measured in the standard units of FLOPS, or floating point
operations per second. The lowest amount of computational power a modern
spaceship will require is usually around 2 or 3 TeraFLOPS (1012 FLOPS)
and can range up to 500 or more TeraFLOPS for extremely advanced
logistical spaceships.
Modern spaceship CPU’s are highly parallel, having between 2048 and over
32,000 cores. They are designed to reduce operational capacity if
damaged, rather than shut down altogether. A common measure of CPU
damage is operational cores. Cores are relatively simple and general
purpose, and while individual cores cannot usually be replaced, blocks
of them can be depending on the specifications of the CPU. Over time,
CPU cores will fail from overheating and general wear and tear. A brand
new CPU may have a few defective cores, though most CPU manufacturers
guarantee less than three failed cores in a new device.
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A spaceship’s CPU as its name implies is the Central Processing Unit for all systems the spaceship contains. All systems use some amount of processing power to operate, though to ease the burden on the main CPU, some advanced systems may have their own processing power. CPU computational power is measured in the standard units of FLOPS, or floating point operations per second. The lowest amount of computational power a modern spaceship will require is usually around 2 or 3 TeraFLOPS (1012 FLOPS) and can range up to 500 or more TeraFLOPS for extremely advanced logistical spaceships.
Modern spaceship CPU’s are highly parallel, having between 2048 and over 32,000 cores. They are designed to reduce operational capacity if damaged, rather than shut down altogether. A common measure of CPU damage is operational cores. Cores are relatively simple and general purpose, and while individual cores cannot usually be replaced, blocks of them can be depending on the specifications of the CPU. Over time, CPU cores will fail from overheating and general wear and tear. A brand new CPU may have a few defective cores, though most CPU manufacturers guarantee less than three failed cores in a new device.