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ZPM circuit: Quantum Processor Mainframe (processor → assembly → supercomputer in IV Circuit Assemblers, mainframe in the Assembly Line)

Chain id: zpm_circuits · Tags: Infinite source, Unverified

Era setup: ZPM & Classic Stargate

Plan modules: ZPM circuit (Quantum Mainframe)

Tips: 8, 1 unverified

Machines

IV Circuit Assembler in the cleanroom · 10 s · 2400 EU/tIV
Oak 1Extreme board · qubit CPU chip · nano CPU chip · 12 SMD capacitor · 12 SMD transistor · 12 fine platinum wireExtreme boardQubit CPU chipNano CPU chipFine platinum wire1
up to 8 192 EU/t10 s
Quantum ProcessorQuantum Processor (EV) · 2 per craft2
gtceu:iv_circuit_assembler
IV Circuit Assembler · 20 s · 2400 EU/tIV
Quantum ProcessorQuantum Processor (EV) · 2 per craft2Oak 1Extreme board · 8 SMD inductor · 16 SMD capacitor · 4 RAM · 16 fine platinum wire · 288 mB tinSMD inductorSMD capacitorRAM chipTin1
up to 8 192 EU/t20 s
Quantum Processor AssemblyQuantum Processor Assembly (IV) · 2 per craft2
gtceu:iv_circuit_assembler
IV Circuit Assembler · 20 s · 2400 EU/tIV
Quantum Processor AssemblyQuantum Processor Assembly (IV) · 2 per craft2Oak 1Extreme board · 8 SMD diode · 4 NOR chip · 16 RAM · 32 fine platinum wire · 288 mB tinSMD diodeNOR memory chipRAM chipFine platinum wire1
up to 8 192 EU/t20 s
Quantum Processor ComputerQuantum Processor Supercomputer (LuV circuit)1
gtceu:iv_circuit_assembler
Assembly Line · 30 s · 30 720 EU/t (scan: quantum supercomputer)Multiblock
Quantum Processor ComputerQuantum Processor Supercomputer (LuV circuit)2Oak 12 HSS-G frame · 24 RAM · 2 HPIC chip · 8 ASMD inductor · 16 ASMD capacitor · 8 ASMD diode · 8 platinum single wire · 576 mB soldering alloyHSS-G frameHPIC chipASMD inductorASMD capacitorASMD diode1
30 s
Quantum Processor MainframeQuantum Processor Mainframe (ZPM circuit)1
gtceu:assembly_line

Flow

How to build

  1. Drawers first, one per input: extreme boards, qubit and nano CPU chips, RAM, NOR chips, SMD capacitors, transistors, inductors, diodes, fine platinum wire, HSS-G frames, HPIC chips, advanced SMDs. Two drums: tin (stage solder) and soldering alloy (mainframe). Each stage has its own input drawers behind Modular Routers or Pipez item pipes with Item Filters, and a Robot Arm cover in Keep Exact mode on its output so a stalled stage does not flood the next. — functionalstorage:oak_1, gtceu:ram_chip, gtceu:fiber_reinforced_printed_circuit_board, gtceu:fine_platinum_wire
  2. Stage 1, its own IV Circuit Assembler in the cleanroom: extreme board + qubit chip + nano chip + 12 SMD capacitors + 12 SMD transistors + 12 fine platinum wire → 2 quantum processors in 10 s at 2400 EU/t. 2 per craft, 4 per mainframe. — gtceu:iv_circuit_assembler, gtceu:quantum_processor
  3. Stage 2, its own machine: extreme board + 2 processors + 8 inductors + 16 capacitors + 4 RAM + 16 fine platinum wire + 288 mB tin → 2 assemblies in 20 s at 2400 EU/t (this is the IV circuit). — gtceu:iv_circuit_assembler, gtceu:quantum_processor_assembly, gtceu:smd_inductor
  4. Stage 3, its own machine: extreme board + 2 assemblies + 8 diodes + 4 NOR chips + 16 RAM + 32 fine platinum wire + 288 mB tin → 1 supercomputer in 20 s. This is the LuV circuit; drawer it with Keep Exact 8, two per mainframe. — gtceu:iv_circuit_assembler, gtceu:quantum_processor_computer, gtceu:nor_memory_chip
  5. Scan: a stick and one supercomputer in an IV Scanner (1200 ticks at 7680 EU/t) and the stick goes into the Assembly Line’s Data Access Hatch (zpm_data chain). You can scan with the first supercomputer you make. — gtceu:iv_scanner, gtceu:quantum_processor_computer, gtceu:data_stick
  6. Mainframe: Assembly Line buses in recipe order: 2 HSS-G frames, 2 supercomputers, 24 RAM, 2 HPIC chips, 8 ASMD inductors, 16 ASMD capacitors, 8 ASMD diodes, 8 platinum single wire; 576 mB soldering alloy in the hatch. 30 s at 30 720 EU/t → 1 ZPM circuit. — gtceu:assembly_line, gtceu:quantum_processor_mainframe, gtceu:hssg_frame
  7. Easy to miss: the station needs about 50 ZPM circuits (zpm_research), hatches 1 each, field generators 2 each, ZPM Fusion MK I 4. Stock them before you plan anything, and start the boards and the RAM wafers of the second and third mainframe while the first one runs. — functionalstorage:oak_1, gtceu:quantum_processor_mainframe

Tips

  • What the era wants: the quest chapter calls the Quantum Processor Mainframe the FIRST ZPM circuit and the crystal processor computer the second (zpm_crystal); wetware processor assembly, runic processor and draconic microchip processor are the third to fifth. They are all in the #gtceu:circuits/zpm tag (kjs utils/tags.js adds the runic and draconic ones), so ONE route is enough for every recipe that says ZPM circuit. The quantum route needs no exotic ingredient and no sterile room: radon, plain boards, platinum wire.
  • The pack changed the last step: it REMOVES the circuit-assembler recipes quantum_mainframe_zpm (plain and asmd variants, with and without soldering alloy) and the crystal_computer_zpm ones (kjs circuits.js) and replaces the mainframe by an Assembly Line recipe: 2 HSS-G frames + 2 quantum processor supercomputers + 24 RAM chips + 2 HPIC chips + 8 advanced SMD inductors + 16 advanced SMD capacitors + 8 advanced SMD diodes + 8 platinum single wire, 576 mB soldering alloy, 600 ticks (30 s) at 30 720 EU/t, with SCANNER research of the quantum supercomputer (1200 ticks at 7680 EU/t). It needs an Assembly Line with the 4A hatch route (luv_hatches) and the data stick of the supercomputer.
  • The first three stages are the vanilla recipes (CircuitRecipes; harderCircuitRecipes is false so each craft of the first two stages gives 2): Quantum Processor (EV) = extreme board + 1 qubit CPU chip + 1 nano CPU chip + 12 SMD capacitors + 12 SMD transistors + 12 fine platinum wire → 2, 200 ticks at 2400 EU/t. Assembly (IV) = extreme board + 2 processors + 8 SMD inductors + 16 SMD capacitors + 4 RAM + 16 fine platinum wire + solder x2 → 2, 400 ticks at 2400 EU/t. Supercomputer (LuV, a LuV circuit as well) = extreme board + 2 assemblies + 8 SMD diodes + 4 NOR chips + 16 RAM + 32 fine platinum wire + solder x2 → 1, 400 ticks. ALL carry the CLEANROOM tag. 2400 EU/t is above the EV cap (2048), so every stage needs the IV Circuit Assembler (the luv_lcaf chain), not the four EV ones of the nano line.
  • Cost of ONE mainframe: 2 supercomputers = 4 assemblies = 4 processors, i.e. 2 + 2 + 2 crafts: 6 extreme boards, 2 qubit CPU chips, 2 nano CPU chips, 56 SMD capacitors + 24 SMD transistors + 16 inductors + 16 diodes (plain), 64 RAM chips (2 wafers), 8 NOR chips, 120 fine platinum wire (15 platinum ingots), 2 HPIC chips, 2 HSS-G frames, 8 + 16 + 8 advanced SMDs, about 1 B tin in the three stages. Time per mainframe if nothing waits: 2 x 10 s + 2 x 20 s + 2 x 20 s + 30 s = 130 s, plus 6 min of extreme-board reactor time: boards are the bottleneck, not the assemblers.
  • Faster variants: the _asmd recipes of the three circuit-assembler stages swap SMDs for advanced SMDs (processor: 3 + 3 at 100 ticks; assembly: 2 inductors + 4 capacitors at 200 ticks; computer: 2 diodes at 200 ticks), halving the time and cutting the SMD load by 3/4. Since you build the zpm_asmd line anyway for the mainframe, use these variants as your normal routes.
  • RAM: 64 chips = 2 RAM wafers per mainframe (32 chips per wafer) plus 4 NOR chips per supercomputer; use the same chip lines as the luv_circuits chain and keep a RAM drawer with Keep Exact 64. HSS-G frames: one frame is 2 HSS-G ingots (the IV coil alloy line, abs_super_ebf chain); HPIC chips: iv_hatches chain.
  • Sub-steps people skip: (1) build the IV Circuit Assembler FIRST (2 LuV circuits) and the data stick scan of the supercomputer BEFORE the mainframe line; (2) the supercomputer is itself a LuV circuit and counts for every LuV recipe, so make extra and keep them apart from the stock reserved for mainframes; (3) three different extreme-board drawers are one drawer with three routers; (4) the Assembly Line must have the research stick in its Data Access Hatch AND the 4A power hatch; (5) soldering alloy 576 mB sits on a drum; tin 288 mB per stage on a separate one.
  • Unverified that the pack leaves the quantum supercomputer recipes untouched (circuits.js removes only the ZPM and later ones and re-adds the mainframe; the earlier stages are not in its removal list), and the real throughput of one IV Circuit Assembler across three stages (use one machine per stage).

Bill of materials

Item Qty
gtceu:iv_circuit_assembler 3
gtceu:assembly_line 1
gtceu:iv_scanner 1
gtceu:cleanroom 1
gtceu:iv_energy_input_hatch_4a 1
functionalstorage:oak_1 24
modularrouters:modular_router 14
gtceu:lv_robot_arm 14
gtceu:item_filter 14
pipez:item_pipe 16
pipez:fluid_pipe 4
gtceu:steel_drum 3

Needs / Feeds

  • Main source for: gtceu:quantum_processor_mainframe, gtceu:quantum_processor_computer, gtceu:quantum_processor_assembly, gtceu:quantum_processor