What will happen if the Galactic Empire suddenly appears in the New World? There is a technological gap that no one in the new world can bridge. Magic vs. the Force. Arrow and spear vs. turbolaser.
Starwars vs Japan Summon/Nihonkaku Shoukan
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La Mu held a small meeting over drinks in the afternoon with his advisors. He learned that HME paid a visit to Myto Empire, and he wanted to know how it went. La Mu did not want his country to be bypassed by HME in the field of technology.
"How about the HME delegation's visit to the Myto Empire?" asked La Mu.
"They seem to have only assessed the technology level and invited the Myto Empire to the 11-nation meeting. We did not hear of any attempt to form a cooperation agreement in the fields of economy and technology. However, they have established diplomatic relations by placing an ambassador in the Myto Empire." The prime minister said.
"Hmm, it seems that the Myto Empire still values us as their main ally." La Mu said.
"Right, I heard that they are only allowed to buy inferior technological goods from us at the moment. There is no promise of being able to buy in the future. However, we received news from Myto that they are allowed to purchase 8 um technology goods only during this visit. According to Myto sources, they will not be allowed to purchase equipment or electronic components with that level of technology in the future." The prime minister said.
"Excellent. Our IC factory with 10 um technology has started production?" asked La Mu.
"Already up and running, Your Majesty. We are now able to make computers with almost fully integrated microprocessors. We have made a 16 bit computer design with only 4 ICs for the microprocessor, so we can make a portable computer with 64 kb with less than 150 ICs. The most numerous IC is the memory IC, because the largest memory IC that we can make is 512 bytes, or 4 Kbit DRAM. We are able to produce computers like the ones we make with imported ICs with 4 um technology. We have also customized the instruction set, so there will be no difference between the computers we buy or make with imported components and the ones we will make." A technology advisor said.
"In other words, the software we have created can be run on our own computers, right?" asked La Mu to make sure.
"That's right, Your Majesty. We don't want our investment in making software to be wasted." The technology advisor said.
"Another question, have we been able to make a laptop with the technology we have, like the laptop I have?" said La Mu while pointing to a laptop on his desk.
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La Mu's computer is inspired by the Compaq LTE/286 with an Intel 80286 processor.
La Mu's computer is one of 12 advanced laptop computers imported from the Myto Empire and made exclusively for the Mu Empire. Myto Empire did not allow the sale of more laptops of that type because its technology level was beyond the level of technology allowed to Mu Empire.
"With those dimensions, it is impossible, Your Majesty. But since the processor has the same architecture as the one we are going to make, we can make a simplified version of it, with larger dimensions, that is still portable for one person to carry. We have gotten the technology for sodium iron phosphate batteries and TFT displays, and started producing them. Currently, we are able to produce 16-color TFT displays with a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. However, with the IC technology we have, we predict that we can only use displays with a maximum resolution of 640 x 300 with 4 colors due to the limited display memory. That alone is 48 K bytes, meaning that with our technology, we need 96 chips. We should be able to fit about 350 chips into the laptop to get a 16 bit computer with 128 Kbytes of memory, leaving only 80 Kbytes if the full resolution is used. Our GUI operating system that we have created, Maximus, requires 48 Kbytes to operate, leaving only 32 Kbytes for programs and data. We are still waiting for the availability of better ICs that can provide more memory for programs and data," said the tech advisor.
