Organic Processing Unit

A Picture of the OPU "Homonoia"

An **Organic Processing Unit**, or **OPU**, is a method of processing data in computational science. Created in 2358 CE by Hanns Becker and Aleksei Kuznetsov, the OPU was originally created in order to fill the vacuum left by the abolishment of 'Intelligent Machines'. Though the methods vary wildly in construction and origin most OPUs can be generalized with many shared traits.

## History

Though others had come before, H-A.R.P.E was the first successfully sustainable OPU, capable of processing and, more importantly, communicating the information processed in quantized packets. This is meaningfully different from Pre-Cogs, which although could process a considerable amount of data, had to be transferred with qualitative methods (i.e. Vocalization, Percentile Estimations, Visualization, Ect.). This packaging of information allowed for H-A.R.P.E to process information 860% faster than the most noted Pre-Cog at the time: Bai Gengxin.

## Era I OPUs

Era I OPUs were created in the 2358 CE and popular from the 2370s and 2500s. The most noted Era I OPU was H-A.R.P.E (also known as Ilse Kuznetsov). All Era I OPUs consist of 4 generalized parts:

### Cardiorespiratory Manifold

**The Cardiorespiratory Manifold** is the collection and dispersal point for the Cardiorespiratory Vasculature. It is entirely contained in an oxygen-glucose fluid apparatus. The OPU's plasma flows through the manifold into the apparatus. This allows for the transfer of nutrition, oxygen, and waste products to and from the OPU blood. The oxygen-glucose fluid runs converse to the OPU plasma allowing for maximal transfer, similar to that of an avian reptile cardiorespiratory system.

### Cardiorespiratory and Nervous Vasculature

All parts of an OPU are linked via the **Cardiorespiratory and Nervous Vasculature**. To the layman this vasculature is almost identical to electronic wires. All vasculature is made of flexible material, usually organic in nature. This allows for an OPU to easily manipulate, grow, and perform autophagy on old or unused vasculature.

### The Thinking Drive

**The Thinking Drive** is where data, memory, and thereby consciousness is stored. The thinking drive is unique in being almost wholly inorganic. It is composed of an array of cells. Each Cell holds a standard number of 32 racks each holding a standard of 64 neural cartridges. Each neural cartridge can only hold 1 terabyte of information. Meaning one cell can only hold approximately 2 petabytes (2048 TB). Most personal phones at the time could hold 3 TB, making neural cartridges highly inefficient.

Neural Cartridges are unique in their construction. Although using most standard data storage practices, neural cartridges had their posterior end lines with organic neural inputs. Allowing for communication with an Organic Unit. Neural cartridges also had electronic inputs on their anterior end. This gave neural cartridges the ability to store computation data and deliver it directly to an OPU. This was crucial for the implementation of OPUs in Computational Science.

### The Somatic Convergence

**The Somatic Convergence** is the designation for what is commonly called the 'body' of the OPU. This is where all data processing takes place. Intuitively the Somatic Convergence always contains a degree of cephalization. It is common for OPUs to develop a highly humanoid somatic converge, despite the need for one. The somatic convergence is often suspended in a container filled with cerebrospinal fluid, this fluid, like OPU plasma, is filtered and restored constantly.

## Era II OPUs

Era II OPUs are more compact, more efficient version of Era I OPUs, the major innovation made to this Era was the separation of personality from processing, known as Type β OPUs. Though development of Type β OPUs was kept hidden from the public. As this was a grey area, seemingly in violation of the abolishment of 'Intelligent Machines'.

Both Type α and Type β Era II OPUs share almost identical aesthetic and structural composition. They are primarily composed of a 3 x 1.33 x 0.33 (1 : 4 : 9) meter black, titanium and reinforced fully lined graphene shell. All have a self-contained Cardiorespiratory Manifold and respiratory vent, as well as a fully contained H-CNBT Thinking Drive. However, additional information must be uploaded through external Nervous Vasculature.

The difference in the two OPU series is the consciousnesses that resides in it. Era II - Type β OPUs remove all consciousnesses from the subjects brain, while Type α OPUs still retain consciousnesses and personality

Era II OPUs grew in popularilty in the 2500s and peaked in the 2520s until Scorched Earth. The most noted project involving Era II OPUs was the Transplanetary Organic Neural Network or TONN. This involved tens of Era II OPUs being constructed across the world and linked via underground Neural Vasculature. This was funded by the UN and was the main component in the Awakened Thaumaturge Project funded by the UN.

## Era III OPUs

Era III OPUs are highly compact, highly Efficient OPUs, however Era III OPUs were entirely developed by the Era I OPU Ilse Kuznetsov. Ilse Kuznetsov, originally made to contain 50 petabytes worth of data, created Era II OPUs .01% the size of herself which could contain 6 petabytes worth of data. Era III OPUs are unique in containing a Lazarus Drive. This was essential in allowing Era III OPUs to contain Pre-Cog level consciousness.