The Optical Computing Experimental Aircraft did indeed have considerably more computing power than an optical quantum computer of the same caliber.
However, it had failed to meet the Academy of Sciences' expectations.
In other words, its advantage was not as great as the Academy of Sciences had anticipated.
There was improvement, but not much.
And if the optical computer's maintenance and operating costs were factored in...
The Optical Computer's advantage became even smaller.
The biggest problem was that its computing power relative to its size was far too low!
An optical computer occupying over a hundred square meters could only rival a small optical quantum computer occupying a few square meters.
Admittedly, improvements to Light Substantialization Technology and various manufacturing processes left plenty of room to reduce the Optical Computer's size.
But...
Lü Yongchang frowned deeply at the test data before him and quickly ran some calculations on the holographic projection.
By his estimate, even if they raised their manufacturing processes to the imperial fortress central brain level, an optical computer the same size as an optical quantum computer would only offer around a 200% increase in computing power.
That was the manufacturing standard of a level seven civilization!
Using human civilization's technology as a reference, the increase in computing power of the Optical Computer at the same size might only be 100%!
Then there was the Imperial Fortress's central brain.
It could easily outclass the competition with thousands of times the computing power.
They were both optical computers, yet the gap between them was far too great!
Perhaps Lü Yongchang would have been satisfied with these research results if he had never seen the Tenth Empire's fortress central brain.
After all, a 100% increase in computing power was already an incredible achievement for human civilization as it stood.
But