Cryogenic Matrix Warp Core

Technology Data
Name	Cryogenic Multi Matter Warp Core
Type	Warp Core
Introduced	2450
Affiliation	Federation
TechStatus	UCIP Canon
Contributor	Czarr Rom

A Cryogenic Matrix Warp Core is in essence a series of smaller cores linked in a Matrix to ultimately create one big core.

An example of why a matrix is better than one Big core is:

Consider your Home PC with a CPU of say P4 4ghz. Impressive. And for arguments sake it can prosses 4 billion operations a second (obviously it can do more but for arguments sake). Now imagine that instead of One P4 4ghz you have 4 P4 1ghz.

Now I know what you`re saying, that still adds up to the same amount of computations per second but this is not the case at all. The multiprocessor unit is doing -4- simultaneous computations at any given moment while the single CPU machine can only do -1- and so things would get done Faster and more efficiently on the MultiCore System.

And Now back to the Subject at hand.

Matrix Warp Cores take up about the same physical room in a ship + / - but are 50%-60% more efficient than Non Matrix engines.

This does Not however mean that Ships utilizing Matrix technology would be able to travel Faster than ships with Non Matrix Cores as FTL speeds are dependant on a number of variables such as astro dynamics nacelle configuration and so on.