Birth Of The Crafts-God-Chapter 413: The Big Reveal 3
"I present to you all, the Rain Dragon Z1."
On the white panel that covered the board was the carving of an ultramarine blue dragon, which symbolized the name of the processor's model.
The stellar processor was encased inside a small glass box which was placed inside of the glass display casing for security and safety purposes.
Even though the processor was barely three inches across all dimensions, it was visible to the public thanks to a display screen that popped up just behind Altimo.
"The Rain Dragon Z1 is a state-of-the-art stellar processor that is poised to make an impact on the market." Altimo began to speak.
Meanwhile, on the projection behind him, the details of the stellar processor were displayed.
The Rain Dragon Z1 consisted of 67 layers; 30 layers dedicated to stellar energy processing, 30 layers to electrical energy, 5 layers that served as the control core, a bottom protective layer and the top protective layer which was the white panel.
Its key material for the control core was labelled as the Z-Tonic, but the material was actually Iso-Krenon IV oxide substrate; an alloy formed based on an element, Krenon, that was unique to this world.
"With superb and incredible craftsmanship and calculations put into it, the performance and efficiency of the Rain Dragon Z1 easily surpasses anything that the market has seen before."
The projection then changed to finally the Rain Dragon Z1's benchmark tests, seizing the attention of the audience.
As everyone was expecting a stellar processor to be released, they all familiarised themselves with the industry standards. Even the CEOs of consumer electronic firms and leaders of freelancer teams did some research before attending. They had also dug up the information about the Falcon X9: Yotsuga's projected performance by the Versailles Group.
"Incredible." A CEO of a data processing company said in awe.
The Versailles Group had previously announced the new stellar processors at their Exposition Banquet. The first was a modified version of the KY chips that would be locally produced in Baylands city-state —the BKY chips. The BKY chip was a 7% increase in performance to the original KY chips, which while incredible, was poor when compared to the product of the Seven Sparks Forge.
The famous SS V1 chips performed 38% more efficiently than the KY chips; a wide margin even when compared to the BKY chips.
However, the second stellar processor, the Falcon X9: Yotsuga, was a nightmare to the Seven Sparks Forge and the Versailles Group's trump card. It had a 51% increase in performance, which left the best existing stellar processor behind in the dust.
Because of its announcement, many companies had decided to subscribe to the Versailles Group's products and abandon their previous contracts with the other two companies for premium products. However, while they had made this decision, they were yet to enact it. This was because the Yotsuga was still underdevelopment and would only enter into production after the Versailles Group's medium scale factory was completed.
In other words, they would still have to maintain their contracts. However, when the heads of these companies saw the Springfield stellar processor, they became tempted to contract the Seven Stars Springs Dealership as their supplier for premium stellar processors.
Earlier, when the Grand Punisher was revealed, the benchmark tests of the Springfield stellar processor were also shown.
The Springfield stellar processor —which was based on the Silverine Factory's flagship product, Garland— performed just as many had speculated before. It was barely close to being on par with the SS V1 chips which were better than the Versailles Group's KY chips by 38%. To be accurate, the Springfield stellar processor saw a 32% increase in performance to the KY chips.
Although there was a 6% gap, it was still a remarkable achievement since the SS V1 chips were the most powerful stellar processors in circulation, despite no longer in production. On the other hand, the Springfield stellar processor was currently being produced.
If the Springfield stellar processor, which was already now in existence, made them question their contract decisions, the Rain Dragon Z1 affirmed the idea of a change.
Unlike the BKY, it massively outperformed the KY chips even when considering the SS V1 chips.
After surveying the reports, everyone in the crowd reached a single consensus.
The Rain Dragon Z1 outperformed the KY chips by 49%.
This was an astonishing discovery as it effectively placed the Rain Dragon Z1 into the ranks of a spacecraft component. The Rain Dragon Z1 could be used to control and power a spacecraft. Such a discovery was very astonishing.
It was only 2% less efficient than the Versailles Group's Falcon X9: Yotsuga but this wasn't necessarily a problem for most of the individuals present. Although it might pose slight problems for those in precision departments, it was still better than every single thing in the market. Most especially, the Rain Dragon Z1 has already been produced, unlike the Yotsuga.
This also meant that the hover shuttle companies could go straight into researching and developing spacecrafts, rather than waiting months for the Yotsuga.
"I need it. I need it. I need it."
A renowned vestige-smith who was the Chief Technical Officer of a hover shuttle company kept muttering silently like a mad man as his eyes remained glued to the display screen.
He wasn't the only one obsessed at the moment. Some vestige-smiths in the crowd even seemed to be breathing heavily at the sight of the Rain Dragon Z1.
People like the city lord, family heads and board chairmen only saw things as they were; the Seven Stars Springs Dealership's product was impressive.
The CEOs, presidents and directors in the various related companies saw a bit more than that, but only from the profitable aspects and effects on the market.
However, the ones who saw the real value were the CTOs and vestige-smiths in the crowd. They saw more than just data and profit; they saw the unlimited potential with such a stellar processor. They didn't need to wait for months to test out their crazy ideas as there was now a stellar processor capable of doing all the calculations and experiments with.
For a second, the crowd was speechless, stunned, in awe and shock.
The leaders of related companies and factions were lost in thought.
If originally, the Springfield stellar processor —despite its performance— was not enough for them to patronize the dealership and potentially offend the Versailles Group, the Rain Dragon Z1 seemed definitely worth it.
A 2% difference wasn't much to the various industries present here since the stellar processors they used were already far worse. Many of them still relied on the original KY chips or Orion Core by Novanio Tech, with few using the Silverine Factory's Garland stellar processor. On the other hand, the Rain Dragon Z1 was already 49% better. For them, the 2% difference in performance between the Rain Dragon Z1 and the Falcon X9: Yotsuga wasn't much of a problem or a difference even. Even the SS V1 chips were still very much attractive, but unfortunately, there wasn't an existing supply anymore.
The fact that the Rain Dragon Z1 was ready for purchase was also another important factor. With an available option, waiting for the Yotsuga was a luxury they couldn't afford. If one insisted on waiting, they would be left behind by the other companies who would rely on the Rain Dragon Z1. The only way as if everyone was to boycott the Silverine Factory and the Seven Stars Springs Dealership, but that was just ridiculous.
The final reason that swayed everyone to make the decision to patronize, who was to say that within this period, there wouldn't be an updated version or a Rain Dragon Z2? By the time the Yotsuga was released, the Seven Stars Springs Dealership might already have a better product on sale.
Seeing that the Rain Dragon Z1 had attracted a lot of attention, Altimo was pleased with himself, especially with his decision to join the Seven Stars Springs Dealership. Although it was an order from Russell, Altimo could still reject it as it wasn't a strict order and more like a request. However, he decided to take on the task, which he deemed to be a challenge. And that bet was now paying off.
"The Rain Dragon Z1 will be made available after today's events, and would be sold exclusively by the Seven Stars Springs Dealership." Altimo announced, surprising the crowd.
Everyone knew that the chip was developed with the aid of the Silverine Factory, so they expected the latter to also be a distributor. Even if they weren't, the most reasonable decision was for the two companies —the Seven Stars Springs Dealership and the Silverine Factory— to form a joint venture that would become the sole distributor. However, the Seven Stars Springs Dealership had somehow ended up with the rights.
"Is Maessen crazy?"
"Did the Ross family head really agree to this?"
Whispers sounded in the crowd.
Anyone could see the potential and value the Rain Dragon Z1 had in the market. It would easily seize the premium sector which translated to hundreds of thousands of federal coins in revenue. When the space industry becomes developed, this value would grow even further. It was astonishing to think that one would want to miss out on this.
Despite hearing these whispers, Henrik Ross, the family head of the Ross family and chairman of the Silverine Factory, remained unperturbed.
Lucas' original negotiation with Maessen was to hand the design of the blueprint over to the Silverine Factory. But the issue of its sales was a different thing. When Altimo got into the picture to finalize the negotiation, he renegotiated the deal and straightened some points.
The Seven Sparks Forge store would licence the blueprints and production rights of the two stellar processors to the Silverine Factory. In exchange for that, the Silverine Factory serves as their official manufacturer and grants exclusive sales rights to the Seven Stars Springs Dealership. The cost of production would be paid to the Silverine Factory as well as a percentage of the profits; but that didn't exceed 15%. It was this low because the Silverine Factory was already benefitting massively from this deal.
For starters, thanks to the blueprints of the Rain Dragon Z1 and the Qin chip, the Silverine Factory could make improvements on their own chips by copying some ideas and features behind the technology. Even the knowledge within the blueprint was helpful to their vestige-smiths.
Secondly, Lucas —while representing the Seven Sparks Forge— had also made adjustments to their equipment which was beneficial to the Factory.
Finally, even if the Seven Stars Springs Dealership was to shut down one day, the Silverine Factory would still be in control of the blueprints and production rights. With those rights, they could sell the two stellar processors as their own products.
With all these benefits, it was only right for the Seven Stars Springs Dealership to be the exclusive distributor and also the largest financial beneficiary.
"Now, for the final product."
It was at this moment that the crowd remembered that the exhibition wasn't yet over; there was still one last item left. However, with the rumoured brand new stellar processor already unveiled, many wondered what the eighth item was.
