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(Created page with "''<small><u>Go back to the main List</u></small>'' A '''Jupiter Brain''' (also known as a '''''J-Brain''''') is a computational substrate megastructure comparable in mass and size to a gas giant planet, typically in the '''1x10<sup>27</sup> kilogram''' range. Due to the required amount of resources, they are very rare, with only a couple of them existing in the '''Galactyan Empire (A1-0)|Galactyan E...")
 
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A '''Jupiter Brain''' (also known as a '''''J-Brain''''') is a computational substrate megastructure comparable in mass and size to a gas giant planet, typically in the '''1x10<sup>27</sup> kilogram''' range. Due to the required amount of resources, they are very rare, with only a couple of them existing in the '''[[Galactyan Empire (A1-0)|Galactyan Empire]]'''.
A '''Jupiter Brain''' (also known as a '''''J-Brain''''') is a computational substrate megastructure, comparable in mass and size to a gas giant planet, typically in the '''1x10<sup>27</sup> kilogram''' range. Due to the required amount of resources, they are very rare, with only a couple of them existing in the '''[[Galactyan Empire (A1-0)|Galactyan Empire]]'''.


== '''Structure''' ==
== '''Structure''' ==
The computronium basis of a modern Jupiter Brain usually consists of a colloidal structure of '''Plasma Flows''', '''Low Density Monopolium''', '''Diamondoid''' and '''Feroid'''.  
The computronium basis of a modern Jupiter Brain usually consists of a colloidal structure of '''Plasma''', '''Low Density Monopolium''', '''Diamondoid''' and '''Feroid'''.  


'''Heat dissipation''' is often a major concern with Jupiter Brains; the denser they are, the faster they can run, due to the distances involved in transmitting internal data. But increasing the density of the computronium also increases the problems associated with the heat of operation. The number of computations that a Jupiter brain performs in a given time is directly related to the amount of waste heat the brain must emit, and since this heat must be emitted at the surface of the structure, very often a J-brain has a very large external radiating surface which helps to cool the object.
'''Heat dissipation''' is often a major concern with Jupiter Brains; the denser they are, the faster they can run, due to the distances involved in transmitting internal data. But increasing the density of the computronium also increases the problems associated with the heat of operation. The number of computations that a Jupiter brain performs in a given time is directly related to the amount of waste heat the brain must emit, and since this heat must be emitted at the surface of the structure, very often a J-brain has a very large external radiating surface which helps to cool the object.


The radiated heat of very active Jupiter Brains can also be collected by orbiting photovoltaic systems, that can function as an additional '''[[Matryoshka Micronode (A1-0)|Matryoshka Micronode]]''', or as a '''Energy Collection Swarm''' for any orbiting habitats and occasional worlds.
Some Jupiter Brains are sufficiently luminous to act as the center of a system of habitable moons or other megastructures, which gather the waste heat given off by such an object through orbiting photovoltaic systems to provide energy for their environment. Examples of this are the '''[[Provius Jupiter Brain (A1-0)|Provius Jupiter Brain]]''' and the '''[[Abyx River Jupiter Brain (A1-0)|Abyx River Jupiter Brain]]'''.
 
A Jupiter Brain can be considered to be an AI, posthuman or Local Archailect Node of extremely high computational power and size. This is the typical megascale concentrated intelligence. Such complexity is often considered to be the bare minimum housing for an archailect at the full '''SI4''' rating.

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A Jupiter Brain (also known as a J-Brain) is a computational substrate megastructure, comparable in mass and size to a gas giant planet, typically in the 1x1027 kilogram range. Due to the required amount of resources, they are very rare, with only a couple of them existing in the Galactyan Empire.

Structure

The computronium basis of a modern Jupiter Brain usually consists of a colloidal structure of Plasma, Low Density Monopolium, Diamondoid and Feroid.

Heat dissipation is often a major concern with Jupiter Brains; the denser they are, the faster they can run, due to the distances involved in transmitting internal data. But increasing the density of the computronium also increases the problems associated with the heat of operation. The number of computations that a Jupiter brain performs in a given time is directly related to the amount of waste heat the brain must emit, and since this heat must be emitted at the surface of the structure, very often a J-brain has a very large external radiating surface which helps to cool the object.

Some Jupiter Brains are sufficiently luminous to act as the center of a system of habitable moons or other megastructures, which gather the waste heat given off by such an object through orbiting photovoltaic systems to provide energy for their environment. Examples of this are the Provius Jupiter Brain and the Abyx River Jupiter Brain.