Designwerks Computation - Supercomputers for the Modern Age

[Schultaria Prime]

The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
Nume'kognaa (Computation) Division

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Product Catalog: Consumer Electronics | Supercomputing Systems | Specialized Computing Systems | Peripherals

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Business Relations:
Designwerks Interkosmos | Designwerks Heavy Industry | Corporate Partnerships

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About Us

Chartered over one hundred and twenty years ago by Central Director Merle Elliott Schultz, Designwerks has grown from modest beginnings to become the most successful collection of centrally-planned industrial enterprises in Gholgoth. From its origins as a government-sponsored regulatory trust for mining, shipbuilding, and metalworking, the State Industries of Schultaria Prime have grown phenomenally in size and complexity. Designwerks now represents the largest gathering of state-managed businesses in the United Socialist States of Schultaria Prime - if not the world - employing over 5.1 billion people in 6 million state-run or nationalized firms.

Initally, the aims of Designwerks were rooted in the desperate necessities of a state emerging from the ruins of war: generate hard currency while stemming a persistent exodus of manufacturing jobs from the fledgling USSSP by exporting heavy industrial equipment and raw materials to eager international consumers. From these beginnings, Designwerks has rapidly diversified into the cutting edges of science and engineering.

About Nume'kognaa

Sixty years ago, the Nume'kognaa (Numerical Cognition) Initiative was one of the most highly publicized research projects of the pre-Gothic Schultarian state. At the behest of the Central Scientific Collective, Department of Defense, Designwerks, and private semiconductor manufacturers, an annual budget of eighty-five million Merlons was set aside by the federal government to encourage research and development on more compact, powerful, and energy-efficient computing devices for national defense, census collection, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence. Fueled by government investment, state and private industries scrambled to build faster and better calculating machines for government and scientific use.

Because of the state's funding priorities, many private semiconductor firms eventually grew large enough to qualify for direct mergers with the State Industries of Schultaria Prime. As a result, the private sector aims of the Nume'kognaa Initiative were scaled back in favor of Designwerks Nume'kognaa - a public/private collaboration between electronics firms with less federal intervention. In the forty years since that collaboration, Designwerks has become the preeminent manufacturer of supercomputers, mainframes, and specialized electronic components within Gholgoth. With a forty percent market share of all server farms, data centers, and telecommunications hubs in the region, Schultarian computer manufacturers have established a well-deserved reputation for reliability, adaptability, and compatibility.

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From the CEO of the State Industries of Schultaria Prime:

After several years of internal restructuring, Designwerks - a name that's been known and respected in Schultaria Prime and Gholgoth for over twelve decades, once again opens up its product lines to the world! To all nations, whether former customers or new clients, welcome!

Unlike many international storefronts, The State Industries of Schultaria Prime - Designwerks does not sell offensive military equipment for export. As one of the the oldest international storefronts to pioneer civilian technology, Designwerks follows the common ideal that national strength comes from creativity and industry, not from the force of arms. It is an ideal we hope that you share, and we hope that our products and services may be of some help in furthering your technological and industrial progress.

If you are interested in looking at our wares, please feel free to sample our product catalog below. You'll find products in a variety of very beneficial civilian fields, with more to come in future updates!

Thank you for your time and feel free to peruse our growing selection of products. If you have any questions or issues, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

Elliot Merle Schultz
-CEO: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime - Designwerks
-Central Director of the United Socialist States of Schultaria Prime

[Schultaria Prime]

Consumer Electronics

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Personal Computers

As the most widely distributed personal computer in Schultaria Prime, the Cimones has grown from a simple origins to a national icon. The Cimones was the first product to coin the term “Data Tablet”, which has become shorthand for virtually every computer to come since the introduction of this venerable product line fifteen years ago. From latest high definition movies and interactive games to composing and analyzing critical research in the field, this computer provides all the power necessary for work and play.

Built to exacting physical and computational tolerances, it is easy to see why the Cimones is internationally lauded. As a personal computer system, but with the toughness and reliability that customers would expect from military technology, this data tablet will keep running in the harshest environments on the battlefield, or the daily hazards of the office.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developers: Schultarian Diode Company; Altunis Computation Corporation

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 30 mm
-Width: 300 mm
-Length: 250 mm
-Weight: 1.8 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 1 RISC 64-bit "Stada" Processor (6 Gigaflops; 8 MB Cache) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 16 GB RAM (144 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 1 2.5 TB "Bithteck" Magnetic Hard Drive (2.5 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-Video Enhancement: 1 4 GB "Koroson" Graphics Accelerator Card (2048 x 1536 Maximum Pixel Resolution; 3 Ghz Memory Clock Speed) [Altunis Computation Corporation]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 10 - 450 Mbit Adaptable (Wireless / Wired) Ethernet Card; 1 - 56Kbps Fax / Modem
-Data Input Devices: Wired Keyboard / Mouse Attachments (USB 3.0); Integrated Touchscreen / Electronic Stylus

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 1,050 sm ($ 1,900)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 240,000,000 sm ($ 434,400,000)

As business, research firms, and government institutions demand increased performance with less clutter, many computer corporations across the world have struggled to keep pace between personal and server-based computing power. Designwerks, in collaboration with Altunis Computation and the Schultarian Diode Company have attempted to tackle the problem by merging the platforms of desktop and server into a series of portable machines.

As a personal computer, the Do'cloveen is a machine that can compete with the best and most versatile laptops on the market, but its true secret to success lies in its ability to network with existing server architecture. Designed to fit a traditional rack mount server configuration, these personal computers can easily fit and integrate with dozens of Do'cloveen computing units (or any other kind of “bladed” server format) to form an upgradeable (and highly mobile) computing cluster.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developers: Schultarian Diode Company; Altunis Computation Corporation

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 50 mm
-Width: 350 mm
-Length: 600 mm
-Weight: 2.95 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 1 RISC 128-bit "Kelvan-V" Vector Processor (12 Gigaflops; 16 MB Cache [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 32 GB RAM (144 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 1 2.5 TB "Bithteck" Magnetic Hard Drive (2.5 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-Video Enhancement: 1 4 GB "Koroson" Graphics Accelerator Card (2048 x 1536 Maximum Pixel Resolution; 3 Ghz Memory Clock Speed) [Altunis Computation Corporation]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 1 450 Mbit Adaptable (Wireless / Wired) Ethernet Card; 1 - 56Kbps Fax / Modem; 1 10 Gbit 64-pin Blade Connection Port
-Data Input Devices: Integrated Keyboard / Mouse Touchpad; Integrated Touchscreen / Electronic Stylus

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 1,495 sm ($ 2,705)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 525,000,000 sm ($ 950,250,000)

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Personal Media

A project nearly two and a half years in the making from the Schultarian Diode Company, The State Industries of Schultaria Prime are proud to present the Sapanna Electronic Paper System to the general public.

Utilizing charged biochemical photo receptors in a matrix of small capsules, the Sapanna can create an image with the clarity of 2,500 individual points of color per square centimeter with a rapid rate of image refreshment that can compete with traditional video monitors. A far cry from existing e-paper (which uses extensive electromechanical components and plastic substrates) the Sapanna system is virtually indistinguishable from its wood based counterpart. Unlike conventional newspapers, however, the Sapanna can be reprogrammed, is resilient to the forces of nature, and fully capable of transmitting demanding video applications without any loss in image quality.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: Schultarian Diode Company
-Subsidiary Developers: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks; University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation; Altunis Computation Corporation

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 12.5 mm (Unfolded)
-Width: 300 mm
-Length: 550 mm (Unfolded)
-Weight: 0.45 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 1 MIPS 32-bit "P Clone IV" Processor (2.95 Gigaflops; 2 MB Cache) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 1 GB RAM (144 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 1 30 GB "Paerlen" Electromagnetically Hardened Solid State Storage Drive (1 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)[University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation]
-Video Enhancement: 1 256 MB "Koroson-Minex" Graphics Accelerator Card (2048 x 1536 Maximum Pixel Resolution; 2.5 Ghz Memory Clock Speed) [Altunis Computation Corporation]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 1 100 Mbit Adaptable (Wireless / Wired) Ethernet Card
-Data Input Devices: Integrated Touchscreen / Multifunction Information Panel

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 275 sm ($ 500)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 330,000,000 sm ($ 597,300,000)

[Schultaria Prime]

Supercomputing Systems

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Conventional Supercomputers

The High Performance Cluster, Designwerks' first indigenous Supercomputer, was developed to be a multipurpose machine that could serve the demands of private institutions, research laboratories, universities, intelligence agencies, or the civil service without extensive retooling or custom reprogramming. Designed for scalability, the HPC can operate as an isolated unit, or in cooperation with other machines as part of a massively parallel supercomputing cluster. The supercomputer's hardware programming language is designed to operate with a wide variety of operating systems, and has been deliberately engineered to very loose software tolerances; insuring proper operation with virtually any programming language and hardware interface with minimal performance losses

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developer: Schultarian Diode Company

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 2.5 m
-Width: 2.0 m
-Length: 2.0 m
-Weight: 450 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 4 RISC 128-bit "Kelvan" Vector Processors (12 Gigaflops; 8 MB Cache; Integrated Math Co-Processor [Per Processor]) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 128 GB RAM (144 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 512 GB "Karlon" Magnetic Hard Drive (512 MB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 2 10 Gbit 64-pin Connection Ports
-Specialty Software: UNIOS (Universal Network Interface Operating System)

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 93,925 sm ($ 170,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 751,400,000 sm ($ 1,360,340,000)

Following the successes of the HPC in creating the “virtual laboratory” revolution, the University of Schultaria Prime (in conjunction with Designwerks) set out to build a newer, faster, generation of Supercomputers based on the HPC's proven architecture What came out of the collaboration between academia and industry would become the basis of the CHEMIR Supercomputer.

Like the HPC, the CHEMIR class of Supercomputers are designed to work either isolated or in parallel, and are also engineered to very loose software tolerances. Where the CHEMIR stands apart from its ancestor is its greater emphasis on data processing and information transfer performance, reducing bottlenecks normally found with bandwidth-heavy simulations.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developers: Schultarian Diode Company; University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 2.5 m
-Width: 3.0 m
-Length: 3.0 m
-Weight: 565 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 8 RISC 128-bit "Orrokern" Vector Processors (25 Gigaflops; 16 MB Cache; Integrated Math and Differential Co-Processors [Per Processor]) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 512 GB RAM (1.125 TB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 7 512 GB "Karlon" Magnetic Hard Drives (512 MB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 2 100 Gbit 128-pin Connection Ports
-Specialty Software: UNIOS (Universal Network Interface Operating System)

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 187,845 sm ($ 340,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 1,314,915,000 sm ($ 2,380,000,000)

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Quantum-Architecture Supercomputers

The QUANVER supercomputer was the first Designwerks product to ever break the hundred billion merlon sales mark, and a revolution to Schultaria Prime's prestige as an advanced technological power. Although it's approximately the same dimensions as the HPC, the QUANVER Supercomputer is designed to operate at speeds that could never be achieved with existing semiconductor technology.

As the end result of thirty years in applied research and development, the QUANVER's success lies in the application of its revolutionary QBIT quantum processor architecture. QUANVER's processors, codenamed Prometheus, integrate unique polynomial processing architecture with conventional floating point hardware to render complex mathematical calculations at speeds far beyond binary-dependent systems.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developers: Schultarian Diode Company; University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 2.5 m
-Width: 2.0 m
-Length: 2.0 m
-Weight: 600 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 2 QBIT 256-bit "Prometheus" Quantum Processors (1.5 Teraflops; Integrated Binary – Polynomial Co-Processing Interface [Per Processor])
[University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation]
-RAM: 16 TB RAM (1.125 TB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 7 512 GB "Karlon" Magnetic Hard Drives (512 MB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 4 100 Gbit 128-pin Connection Ports
-Specialty Software: UNIOS-Q(Universal Network Interface Operating System – Quantum ed.)

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 2,800,000 sm ($ 5,068,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 7,000,000,000 sm ($ 12,670,000,000)

Designwerks, following the commercial and technological successes of the QUANVER, and on the initiative of the Schultarian State, was challenged to develop a self-contained supercomputer that could break the five Teraflop barrier. With a clear mandate from the government, and virtually no limitations on research spending, the first prototypes of what would become the DALIER Supercomputer surpassed everyone's expectations. From the introduction of 512 bit processing architecture to the complete dismissal of magnetic storage devices in favor of denser and more stable crystalline data lattices, the DALIER became a machine that had, and still has, no peers.

Unfortunately, this level of advancement was not cheap, as the research and development budget for this supercomputer prototype exceeded ninety billion merlons in less than four years. Nonetheless, the capabilities of this supercomputer are so vast that DALIER operators can expect these machines to be competitively capable with other supercomputing clusters for the next two decades.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developers: Schultarian Diode Company; University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 2.5 m
-Width: 2.0 m
-Length: 2.0 m
-Weight: 1,900 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 6 QBIT 512-bit "Hermes" Quantum Processors (7.8 Teraflops; Integrated Binary – Polynomial Co-Processing Interface [Per Processor])
[University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation]
-RAM: 128 TB RAM (4.5 TB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 10 75 TB "Sapren" Rewritable Crystalline Storage Devices (128 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 4 100 Gbit 128-pin Connection Ports
-Specialty Software: UNIOS-Q(Universal Network Interface Operating System – Quantum ed.)

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 33,000,000 sm ($ 59,730,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 49,500,000,000 sm ($ 89,595,000,000)

[Schultaria Prime]

Specialized Computing Systems

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Industrial Control Systems

Designed for the discerning factory manager whose industry is on the move, this computer offers consistent, precise, and reliable control for automated machine tools and heavy equipment. In an economic environment that demands both precision and speed, the SAMMUTUS is exclusively designed to run manufacturing plants while maintaining a safe and cost effective means of efficient automated control. From the raw power of the steel industry to the delicate molecular maneuvers of the silicon age, these computers will always do their job, and do it well.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developer: Schultarian Diode Company

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 2.7 m
-Width: 1.8 m
-Length: 0.5 m
-Weight: 650 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 4 RISC 32-bit "Kelmac" Processors (2 Gigaflops; 2 MB Cache; Integrated Math Co-Processor [Three-Dimensional Geometric Integration] [Per Processor]) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 16 GB RAM (144 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 3 512 GB "Karlon" Magnetic Hard Drives (1.5 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Video Enhancement: 1 8 GB "HIMAT CAD" Engineering-Class Video Accelerator Card [Schultarian Diode Company]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 6 10 Gbit 64-pin Connection Ports
-Data Input Devices: Integrated Keyboard / Mouse Touchpad; Integrated Touchscreen / Electronic Stylus
-Specialty Software: HIMAT CAD Rapid Prototyping; UNIOS (Universal Network Interface Operating System); “Prediction Pro” Robotic Managerial Software

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 110,500 sm ($ 200,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 773,500,000 sm ($ 1,400,350,000)

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Military / Extreme Environment Computation

Initially built to meed the demanding technical challenges of the Schultarian Space Program, and then adapted to serve as the primary electronic components for the National Defense Forces, the SPATEX is designed exclusively to operate in some of the most unforgiving conditions that land, sea, and space can offer. Specifically engineered for durability, reliability, and redundancy these computers offer the best chance for data protection against the most inhospitable environments. From the abuse of the battlefield to the hard vacuum and intense radiation of spaceflight, these computers can, and will, get the job done when you need them the most.

To a nation who may require a specific variant of the SPATEX series, three versions are available for sale by The State Industries of Schultaria Prime. Please specify which version of the computer you would like to purchase by referencing the type code (in parentheses after “Specifications”) in your order.

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Specifications: SPATEX Mk. I (SPX-1)

The most affordable member of the SPATEX line, the Mk. I has a proven track record of tolerance in extreme heat, cold, and electromagnetic radiation. As the prototype for the Mks. II and III, this machine has more practical experience on the battlefield than any other computer on the planet.

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: Schultarian Diode Company
-Subsidiary Developers: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks; University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation; Eldaimovey Advanced Research Laboratories – Spaceflight Division

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 100 mm
-Width: 400 mm
-Length: 600 mm
-Weight: 35 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 2 MIPS 32-bit Electromagnetically Hardened "P Clone" Processors (800 Megaflops; 256 KB Cache [Per Processor]) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 128 MB RAM with Dual Redundancy Memory Banks (Effective Memory Capacity: 256 MB) (1 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 1 25 GB "Tortoise" Electromagnetically Hardened Solid State Storage Drive (66 MB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)[University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 1 1 Mbit 32-pin Connection Port


Computational Effectiveness:
-Normal Computing Load: 1.4 Gigaflops/sec
-Heightened Electromagnetic Interference: 1.1 Gigaflops/sec
-Extreme / Directed Electromagnetic Interference: 950 Megaflops/sec

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

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Specifications: SPATEX Mk. II (SPX-2)

A slimmed-down, slightly upgraded, and lighter version of the Mk. I, the Mk. II has become the preeminent computer system for Designwerks Interkosmos' most advanced satellites and spacecraft. This variant of the SPATEX is especially resilient to high-energy interference, especially X-Rays and gamma radiation.

Manufacturer:
-Parent Companies: Schultarian Diode Company; Kerga-Prmus High Technolgies; The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks;
-Subsidiary Developers: University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation; Eldaimovey Advanced Research Laboratories – Spaceflight Division

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 50 mm
-Width: 350 mm
-Length: 600 mm
-Weight: 30 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 2 MIPS 32-bit Electromagnetically Hardened "P Clone III" Processors (1.2 Gigaflops; 512 KB Cache [Per Processor]) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 256 MB RAM with Dual Redundancy Memory Banks (Effective Memory Capacity: 512 MB) (1 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 1 75 GB "Quahog" Electromagnetically Hardened Solid State Storage Drive (66 MB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)[University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 1 3 Mbit 32-pin Connection Port; 1 10 Mbit 64-pin Blade Connection Port

Computational Effectiveness:
-Normal Computing Load: 2.4 Gigaflops/ sec
-Heightened Electromagnetic Interference: 1.8 Gigaflops/sec
-Extreme / Directed Electromagnetic Interference: 1.6 Gigaflops/sec

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

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Specifications: SPATEX Mk. III (SPX-3)

The most recent addition to the line, this SPATEX variant is being increasingly employed in situations that require adaptable computing power. Due to its unique neural-net processor architecture, the Schultarian Defense Forces have recently approved this variant of the SPATEX to serve as the primary fire control system for the new Kerga-Tavas Main Battle Tank.

Manufacturer:
-Parent Companies: Schultarian Diode Company; Kerga-Prmus High Technolgies; The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks;
-Subsidiary Developers: University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation; Eldaimovey Advanced Research Laboratories – Spaceflight Division

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 175 mm
-Width: 400 mm
-Length: 600 mm
-Weight: 46 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 2 Three-Dimensional NeuNET 64-bit Electromagnetically Hardened "Ascension Cognos" Processors (3.6 Gigaflops; 1.5 MB Cache [Per Processor]) [Eldaimovey Advanced Research Laboratories – Spaceflight Division]
-RAM: 1.5 GB RAM with Dual Redundancy Memory Banks (Effective Memory Capacity: 3 GB) (1 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 1 350 GB "Thalmy" Rewritable Crystalline Storage Device (128 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)[University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 1 3 Mbit 32-pin Connection Port; 2 10 Mbit 64-pin Blade Connection Ports

Computational Effectiveness:
-Normal Computing Load: 7.2 Gigaflops/ sec
-Heightened Electromagnetic Interference: 5.9 Gigaflops/sec
-Extreme / Directed Electromagnetic Interference: 5.0 Gigaflops/sec

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost (SPX-1):
-Per Unit: 23,200 sm ($ 42,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 174,000,000 sm ($ 314,940,000)

Cost (SPX-2):
-Per Unit: 35,900 sm ($ 65,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 287,200,000 sm ($ 519,832,000)

Cost (SPX-3):
-Per Unit: 74,035 sm ($ 134,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: Not Applicable

[Schultaria Prime]

Peripherals

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Data Storage

Funded by Schultarian National Assembly as part of a mandate for a long-term digital storage system capable of surviving the most extreme catastrophes, the Rotovo Data Archive is now the premier digital archiving apparatus for the USSSP. With nearly thirty years of faithful service to the state, Designwerks is pleased to offer this technology to the international community.

Completely automated, and engineered to withstand direct nuclear and chemical attacks, this system is perfect for businesses or nations who require a safe and secure means of storing their valuable data that absolutely can not trusted to conventional storage systems

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developer: University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 2.8 m
-Radius: 2.5 m
-Weight: 2,000 kg

Computational Components:
-Control System: 1 SPATEX Mk. II Computer
-Data Storage: 4080 75 GB "Quahog" Electromagnetically Hardened Solid State Storage Drives (66 MB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)[University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation]
-Data Seek/Load Latency: 20 Seconds
-Networking – Telecommunication: 2 100 Gbit 128-pin Connection Ports
-Emergency Power Assistance: 5 480 W Battery Cell Packs (1 h 35 m of Emergency Power)

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 1,500,000 sm ($ 2,715,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 375,000,000 sm ($ 678,750,000)

As data volume increases exponentially, engineers from Designwerks have been been working tirelessly to create smaller, faster, and denser ways of compressing data without the use of magnetic storage media. The most successful project to date - a collaboration with the University of Schultaria Prime-Schultaria Prime - was the NEXCRA: a cheap, rugged, and highly versatile form of non magnetic crystalline media.

The storage crystal, composed of artificial quartz, is placed within the NEXCRA's laser array and subjected to a series of multi-axis reference lasers that alter the crystal's molecular structure in a three dimensional matrix. This matrix, which becomes nanoscopically etched with binary “bubbles”, can hold an incredible amount of data in a very compact space. Presently, most standard NEXCRA devices can usually store, transfer, and access data at a compression rate of 1 Terabyte per cubic millimeter with an estimated (dormant) bit rot rate of 1 bit per 3.1536 x 10¹¹ seconds.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developer: University of Schultaria Prime – Schultaria Prime

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 1.4 m
-Radius: 1.1 m
-Weight: 250 kg

Computational Components:
-Control System: 1 SPATEX Mk. II Computer
-Data Storage: 1 1 PB (1024 TB) “Icen” Artificial Quartz Crystal (2.5 TB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate) [University of Schultaria Prime – Schultaria Prime]
-Data Seek/Load Latency: 675 Nanoseconds

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

Cost:
-Per Unit: 7,500,000 sm ($ 13,575,000)
-National (Non-Export) Production Rights: 5,625,000,000 sm ($ 10,181,250,000)

[Schultaria Prime]

OOC: A daily BUMP for Designwerks. As always, I appreciate suggestions and comments.

[YellowApple]

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As business, research firms, and government institutions demand increased performance with less clutter, many computer corporations across the world have struggled to keep pace between personal and server-based computing power. Designwerks, in collaboration with Altunis Computation and the Schultarian Diode Company have attempted to tackle the problem by merging the platforms of desktop and server into a series of portable machines.

As a personal computer, the Do'cloveen is a machine that can compete with the best and most versatile laptops on the market, but its true secret to success lies in its ability to network with existing server architecture. Designed to fit a traditional rack mount server configuration, these personal computers can easily fit and integrate with dozens of Do'cloveen computing units (or any other kind of “bladed” server format) to form an upgradeable (and highly mobile) computing cluster.

Specifications:

Manufacturer:
-Parent Company: The State Industries of Schultaria Prime – Designwerks
-Subsidiary Developers: Schultarian Diode Company; Altunis Computation Corporation

Physical Dimensions:
-Height: 50 mm
-Width: 350 mm
-Length: 600 mm
-Weight: 2.95 kg

Computational Components:
-CPU: 1 RISC 128-bit "Kelvan-V" Vector Processor (12 Gigaflops; 16 MB Cache [Schultarian Diode Company]
-RAM: 32 GB RAM (144 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate)
-Data Storage: 1 2.5 TB "Bithteck" Magnetic Hard Drive (2.5 GB/s Sustained Data Transfer Rate) [Schultarian Diode Company]
-Video Enhancement: 1 4 GB "Koroson" Graphics Accelerator Card (2048 x 1536 Maximum Pixel Resolution; 3 Ghz Memory Clock Speed) [Altunis Computation Corporation]
-Networking – Telecommunication: 1 450 Mbit Adaptable (Wireless / Wired) Ethernet Card; 1 - 56Kbps Fax / Modem; 1 10 Gbit 64-pin Blade Connection Port
-Data Input Devices: Integrated Keyboard / Mouse Touchpad; Integrated Touchscreen / Electronic Stylus

Long Term Supply Contracts: Available Upon Negotiated Request

OOC: The subtle Homeworld reference on the screen of that computer has earned you a YellowApple Point™, which is worthless beyond dubious bragging rights.

I'll make an IC post pitching YellOS shortly.

Edit: and I realize that your flag is a combination of the Nabaal and Paktu kiiths now that I look at it more closely. You're so getting a post from me.

[Ethopian Empire]

To: Designwerks Computation
From: Ethopian Military

We wish to buy a few Super Computers for our Project. We wish to buy the following.

5x Rotovo Data Archive-$13,575,000
16x QUANVER Series-$81,088,000
300x Docloveen Computer-$811,500

We were wondering if you could supply us with 2 Rotovo Data Archives and 30 Docloveen Computers every year.

This is for a grand total of-$95,474,500

[YellowApple]

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YellowApple, Inc.
Official Corporate Transmission

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To Whom It May Concern:

We've taken notice of your business - Designwerks Computation - and its wide array of consumer, enterprise, and military computing hardware. We would like to work with you in establishing YellOS - YellowApple, Inc.'s premier open-source operating system - as a preinstallation option (or even the default operating system) for your company's hardware.

About YellOS

YellOS (YellowApple, Inc. Operating System) is a modular and cross-platform operating system from YellowApple, Inc. renowned for its robustness, low resource consumption, and portability while making no sacrifices in ease of use and appearance. Like all YellowApple, Inc. software products, YellOS is both free as in 'free speech' (released under the GNU General Public License) and 'free beer' (costs absolutely nothing to download, install, use, modify, distribute, or do anything else with).

YellOS is a Unix-like operating system, having originated as an enterprise-grade Linux distribution, and still uses a highly-modular variant of the Linux kernel. These Linux underpinnings have facilitated YellOS's growth from an experiment in high-level coding to among the most trusted names in the enterprise world. Combining low resource consumption with high reliability, security, and usability is the overarching goal of YellOS.

Here's just some of the numerous features available in YellOS:

• Cross-compatibility: the YellOS API Module Subsystem enables users to install API Modules, which provide both API and ABI compatibility with Windows, Mac OS X, Phoenix², and more (note: dependent on target architecture; binaries compiled for one architecture may need to be recompiled to run on another architecture)
• Stability: rebooting is a thing of the past; YellOS's modularity - including kernel and driver redundancy - allows for a YellOS installation to run for as long as the hardware lives
• Performance: native YellOS applications are distributed as platform-neutral bytecode; on officially-supported architectures, the installation process automatically recompiles software packages to platform-specific binaries, taking into account all code optimizations available to the target platform and utilizing them for maximum runtime performance
• Portability: since all YellOS software - even YellOS itself - is distributed in platform-neutral bytecode, YellOS can install and run on virtually any system that the installer will run on - which is (you guessed it) virtually any system
• Scalability: YellOS installations on the same local area network can coordinate with each other and form ad-hoc computing clusters out-of-the-box, making all YellOS-powered computers and devices work faster; alternately, YellOS Cluster Edition enables even users with minimal computing knowledge to harness the power of dedicated cluster computing in their own homes
• Pizazz: the YellOS Graphical Shell (YOS-GS) is fully three-dimensional, and vector-based graphics make YellOS look beautiful on any screen size and pixel density
• Security: process isolation, intelligent memory management, multi-tiered security levels, support for multi-factor authentication, and a myriad of other features make malware obsolete; plus, if an exploit is found, YellOS's open-source design model allows for rapid security updates
• Usability: the YellOS Graphical Shell - and the included applications - are powerful, beautiful, and user-friendly, making them suitable for novices and power users alike; plus, the integrated YellOS Package Management System not only provides users with all kinds of software just a click or tap away, but also updates both the operating system and installed software automatically and without fuss

YellOS Desktop Edition can run on as low as 512MB of RAM with a single 2.0GHz RISC-architecture core, while we have managed to port YellOS Embedded Edition to system-on-chip RISC devices with less than 16MB of RAM. We generally recommend (for optimal performance with typical use cases) at least 1-2GB of physical RAM and a dual-core CPU for a retail desktop machine, and 8GB of RAM with a quad-core CPU for a server or dedicated cluster-computing node, neither of which should be a problem for Designwerks' hardware, given the specifications provided. YellOS is officially supported (by YellowApple, Inc.) on SPARC (including and especially YellowApple, Inc.'s YA-SPARC variant), IA32, AMD64, IA64, ARM (32 or 64 bit), PowerPC/POWER, MIPS, and a variety of generic RISC architectures with word sizes ranging between 16 and 512 bits, while YellOS community developers - thanks to YellOS being free, libre, and open source software (FLOSS) - have ported the operating system to even more architectures.

We therefore encourage your company to consider including YellOS among the operating system options available - if not the default option - for your company's consumer devices, supercomputers, industrial control systems, and military-grade servers. The operating system itself costs nothing to you, and we offer competitively-priced and comprehensive support contracts to retailers of YellOS-powered machines if needed. Combine this with what YellOS can bring to your products, and you've got one heck of an offer.

For more information about YellOS, please consult YellOS's encyclopædic entry or check out our YellOS product page at the YellowApple, Inc. Corporate Frontend and Storefront.

In order to facilitate porting and optimizing the YellOS base system and re-compiler to your company's hardware architectures (namely, the Kevlan, Stada, Clone-IV, Orrokern, Prometheus, and Hermes series of processors), and to ensure full hardware compatibility should your company be interested in utilizing YellOS, we are also interested in purchasing one each of your major hardware series (Cimones, Docloveen, Sapanna, HPC, CHEMIR, QUANVIR, DALIER, SAMMUTUS, and SPATEX), in addition to one each of your company's Rotovo and NEXCRA data archive systems.

Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to doing business with you.

Sincerely,

Corporate Representative Colgate
YellowApple, Inc. International Commerce Division

[Schultaria Prime]

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To: Ethopian Armed Forces. The Kingdom of Ethopian Empire
From: Voren Suljec. Sales Representative - Designwerks Internationale
Subject: Confirmation of purchase and certification of long-term supply contract.

To whom it may concern from the Military of The Kingdom of Ethopian Empire:

On behalf of all of us at the State Industries of Schultaria Prime, we would like to thank you for your purchase from Designwerks Computation. We hope that the machines and equipment you've purchased today will help insure your nation's defense for years to come.

In a world that seems obsessed with military manufacturing, it is a heartening sign to know there are institutions who value the complex network of technology that's required in today's society. Designwerks considers it a great honor to be considered as a valued long-term supplier for your computing and data storage needs. After careful consideration by our firm's legal department, we hereby approve your request for a long-term contract of two (2) Rotovo Data Archives and thirty (30) Do'cloveen Hybrid Computers per year. This agreement will be considered permanent, but subject to renegotiation should the product lines be discontinued, a termination of the contract be requested by the purchaser (with a notification to Designwerks a minimum of sixty (60) days in advance of the final termination date), or non-payment of any shipped products one hundred and eighty (180) days after delivery.

With all Designwerks purchases, we are willing to provide all the necessary technical knowledge and resources to help you get the most out of your purchases. If you need or desire help in designing the physical or software infrastructure necessary to get the most out of your computers and data archives, we are willing to provide technical and professional support to insure your military is well trained and confident in our products.

In the interests of simplification for foreign exchange purposes, we shall credit said payment in universal standard dollars.

The billed price shall be as listed:

• Three hundred (300) Do'cloveen Hybrid Computers: $811,500, or eight hundred and eleven thousand, five hundred
• Sixteen (16) QUANVER Series Supercomputers: $81,088,000, or eighty-one million, eighty-eight thousand
• Five (5) Rotovo Data Archives: $13,575,000, or thirteen million, five hundred seventy-five thousand

Which completes to a total of $95,474,500, or ninety-five million, four hundred seventy-four thousand, five hundred, to be paid upon delivery of the products listed.

From hereon, Designwerks will charge the following to service the aforementioned long-term supply contract:

• Thirty (30) Do'cloveen Hybrid Computers: $81,150, or eighty-one thousand, one hundred fifty
• Two (2) Rotovo Data Archives: $5,430,000, or five million, four hundred thirty thousand

For a total of $5,511,150, or five million, five hundred and eleven thousand, one hundred fifty, to be paid no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after product delivery.

Once again, thank you for your extremely generous patronage. Please feel to contact us anytime you require our assistance.

Sincerely,

Voren Suljec.
-Sales Representative - Designwerks Internationale

[Schultaria Prime]

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To: Colgate. Corporate Representative - International Commerce Division - YellowApple Incorporated. The Nomadic Peoples of YellowApple
From: Mishka Weigertz. Chief Executive Officer - Designwerks Internationale
Cc: Elliot Schultz. Chief Executive Officer - Designwerks | Central Director - United Socialist States of Schultaria Prime
Porter Altunis. Chief Executive Officer - Altunis Computation Corporation
Katherine Ormich. Director and Chancellor - University of Schultaria Prime System
Claudia Westfall. Chief Executive Officer - Schultarian Diode Company
Subject: Acknowledgement of purchase.
Proposal for corporate partnership in exchange for adapting operating system to Designwerks hardware.

Representative Colgate,

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mishka Weigertz, and as Chief Executive Officer of Designwerks Internationale I have been authorized by the parties listed above to act as the official representative of the State Industries of Schultaria Prime.

After significant deliberations amongst leadership from Designwerks, the Schultarian Diode Company, Altunis Computation, and the University of Schultaria Prime Research Corporation, we have come to the following agreements:

Firstly, in balance between public consumer choice and fulfilling obligations to company charter, the State Industries of Schultaria Prime are willing to offer the YellOS Operating System as a preinstallation option for all of our product lines alongside Designwerks' UNIOS and other third-party vendors.

Secondly, in the interests of programming efficiency, Designwerks shall sell the computers requested by YellowApple Incorporated as expeditiously as possible. All machines shall include relevant programming documentation at the Assembly-level, if requested. If such a request is made, both parties agree that proprietary code and design information of all relevant processors (with the exception of the P-Clone series) are subject to relevant local and international copyright protections.

Finally, the State Industries of Schultaria Prime would like to express a formal interest in public cooperation between Designwerks Nume'kognaa (Computation) and YellowApple Incorporated. As a formal corporate partner, we would be willing to promote your products and services to states who order our goods and services outside of Gholgoth. As inter-regional sales have become a larger portion of the State Industries of Schultaria Prime's revenue, this represents a growth market that we hope will continue to expand for years to come. In exchange, we would offer all the normal benefits and preferential treatment befitting such a partnership, including:

• A line of credit with the USSSP Central Bank up to 250,000,000,000 sm ($ 452,500,000,000) at 2.25% APY for capital-intensive projects or emergency finance.
• Up to a 10% discount on all products, goods, and services from any Designwerks' product line.
• Priority customs clearance and reduced import fees on all products imported to Designwerks

Needless to say, we are quite pleased that you have contacted us, and we hope that we can come to an acceptable arrangement that will be mutually beneficial for our respective firms. In the interest of insuring your company can begin adapting your software to our hardware specifications, Designwerks has approved an order for all of our product lines. To insure the machines are stripped down to their barest operating components, but still retain functionality, all of the traditional operating systems, except for Assembly language, interpreter, and mid-level BIOS, shall be removed.

For the purposes of international exchange, we shall credit said payment in universal standard dollars.

The billed price shall be as listed:

• One (1) of each of the following Consumer Electronics:
  • Cimones Data Tablet: $1,900, or one thousand, nine hundred
  • Do'cloveen Hybrid Computer: $2,705, or two thousand, seven hundred and five
  • Sapanna Electronic Paper System: $500, or five hundred
• One (1) of each of the following Supercomputing Systems:
  • HPC Series: $170,000, or one hundred seventy thousand
  • CHEMIR Series: $340,000, or one three hundred forty thousand
  • QUANVER Series: $5,068,000, or five million, sixty-eight thousand
  • DALIER Series: $59,730,000, or fifty-nine million, seven hundred thirty thousand
• One (1) of each of the following Specialized Computing Systems:
  • SAMMUTUS Automation System: $200,000, or two hundred thousand
  • SPX-1 Series: $42,000, or forty-two thousand
  • SPX-2 Series: $65,000, or sixty-five thousand
  • SPX-3 Series: $134,000, or one hundred thirty-four thousand
• And One (1) of each of the following Peripherals:
  • Rotovo Data Archive: $2,715,000, or two million, seven hundred and fifteen thousand
  • NEXCRA Crystalline Data Archive: $13,575,000, or thirteen million, five hundred seventy-five thousand

For a total of $82,044,105, or eighty-two million, forty-four thousand, one hundred and five, to be paid upon delivery of the products listed.

We look forward you your consideration of our offer, and hope that this will be the start of a productive partnership.

Sincerely,

Mishka Weigertz.
-Chief Executive Officer - Designwerks Internationale

[YellowApple]

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YellowApple, Inc.
Official Corporate Transmission

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CEO Weigertz:

Thank you for your prompt reply regarding cooperation in redistributing YellOS with Designwerks computing hardware.

Following a review of the proposed terms of the agreement presented, YellowApple, Inc. agrees to the terms outlined, while also requesting access to the Assembly-level programming documentation offered by your company; YellowApple, Inc. will be receptive to any non-disclosure agreements required to facilitate receiving the aforementioned documentation, but with the requirement that YellowApple, Inc. be permitted to release YellOS drivers and compiler-optimization algorithms specific to your company's hardware under a license compatible with version 2 of the GNU General Public License, as per the licensing requirements of YellOS itself.

In regard to the physical hardware samples, the necessary payment of N$82044105 can be wired directly to a financial account (YellowApple, Inc. already holds an account with the Yohannesische Bundesbank, which should facilitate an expedient monetary transfer should Designwerks also hold an account with the Yohannesische Bundesbank), provided as a cryptographically-signed digital check, or retained in an Enterprise Account with the YellowApple, Inc. Financial Services Division.

YellowApple, Inc. has considered the offer of a formal partnership with Designwerks Computation. Market examination indicates that YellowApple, Inc. and Designwerks Computation are both hardware vendors and manufacturers with products in consumer, enterprise, and military markets; however, this overlap in product offerings can facilitate cooperation, with a goal of ensuring compatibility and interoperability between Designwerks and YellowApple, Inc. hardware products, while also providing for collaboration between YellowApple, Inc. and Designwerks regarding cooperatively-designed hardware platforms. Given the analysis of potential benefits associated with such a partnership, YellowApple, Inc. formally accepts the offer to enter into a corporate partnership with Designwerks Computation, with the hopes that such a partnership will facilitate unprecedented advances in computational science and engineering.

In order to facilitate rapid communication and collaboration between our two companies on future hardware and software projects, we are organizing a team of technical liasons from both the YellowApple, Inc. Software Development Division's YellOS Development Team and the YellowApple, Inc. Computing Hardware Division to work directly with your own software and hardware design teams, and likewise invite your company to similarly send technical representatives to work with our own development teams. This exchange of personnel should assist with ensuring a strong and healthy partnership between our two companies.

Relevant points of contact for various subjects are as follows:

» YellOS: Senior Kernel Hacker Cherry Swirl
» YellowApple, Inc. computing hardware: Senior Hardware Hacker Yohaan Laamat
» Licensing and legal concerns: Legal Specialist Michael Merlot
» General corporate information: Corporate Representative Colgate (myself)
» High-level corporate contact: Chief Secretary David Fearn
» CEO equivalent: Administrator Fostera Manzano

We look forward to doing business with you.

Sincerely,

Corporate Representative Colgate
YellowApple, Inc. International Commerce Division

[Schultaria Prime]

"Mechanical Engineers build weapons...
Civil Engineers build targets...
Schultarian Engineers don't build either..."

We build possibilities
We build dreams
We build hope

DESIGNWERKS
Building the world for over 120 years.

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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

After weeks of negotiation between delegates from the State Industries of Schultaria Prime and YellowApple Incorporated, Designwerks is pleased to announce the formation of a corporate partnership with YellowApple. As one of the largest software developers in the world, YellowApple's marketshare and corporate philosophy is well suited to Designwerks' efforts in reestablishing itself as the global leader of high-end computing hardware.

"This collaboration is exactly what's needed in today's economy," noted Claudia Westfall, Chief Executive Officer of the Schultarian Diode Company. "Working alongside YellowApple [Incorporated] will provide needed publicity for Schultarian technical firms, allowing Designwerks to invest more in research and development on the next generation of supercomputing platforms."

In honor of the collaboration a new project has been announced by Designwerks Computation: Project Beji. Beji is anticipated to be the smallest platform released by Designwerks. Geared towards customers looking for a balance between size and performance not found in conventional consumer electronics, the final product is expected to cost approximately 80 sm ($ 144.80). Although technical specifications have yet to be released, the design team has released a publicity photo of the most recent prototype.

For questions or comments regarding this press release, or future product releases, contact the Designwerks Internationale Public Relations Department at: dintlPR@dwrks.usp

[Kingdom of Phoenixia]

forward with technology

Official message from the University of New Hope - Phoenixia

Dear sirs, on behalf of the board of science I contact you with a major problem. Since over 300 years there is a rivalry between the grand University of New Hope and the University of Kings Harbor. To gain the advantage in this rivalry we decided to upgrade our scientifical capacity, more specially we would like to invest in a Dalier Quantum PC (59 730 000 NS $), the Department of Science, Education, Culture & Sport decided to pay half of the costs so we can afford this system with ease.
Also the Department is very interested in future developments of your company.
To increase the compability please set up the YellOS System as default.
Please state as well how much the technological support would cost us so we can determine the use with the costs.
sincerely
Frederik Larson
President of the University of New Hope - Kingdom of Phoenixia - Region of the Aluvean Seas
purchase is approved by:
Lars Olsen - deputy chief of the Department for Science, Education, Culture & Sport

[Schultaria Prime]

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To: Frederik Larson. President - University of New Hope. The Holy anti Zombie Nation of Kingdom of Phoenixia.
Lars Olsen. Deputy Chief - Department of Science, Education, Culture & Sport - University of New Hope. The Holy anti Zombie Nation of Kingdom of Phoenixia.
From: Glenn Turasky. Chief Operations Officer - Designwerks Nume'kognaa
Subject: Acknowledgement of purchase.

Mr. Larson,

On behalf of the State Industries of Schultaria Prime, we would like to thank your esteemed institution for your purchase. As one of the leading centers of education in Gholgoth, the Schultarian State knows the importance of keeping ahead of the curve in the latest and most advanced technological developments. The DALIER Supercomputer is one of the greatest leaps in computing technology to date, and we are extremely proud that the University of New Hope will be a part of this bold frontier in technical quantum computing.

We have received your request to install the YellOS Operating System as standard, and will be happy to accommodate your requirements. Should you require technical support, feel free to contact either Designwerks Computation, or our corporate partners YellowApple Inc., for assistance at any time. With any Designwerks product, routine technical support from the State Industries of Schultaria Prime is inclusive with the initial purchase.

For the purposes of international exchange, we shall credit said payment in universal standard dollars.

The billed price shall be as listed:

• One (1) DALIER Series Supercomputer: $59,730,000, or fifty-nine million, seven hundred thirty thousand

For a total of $59,730,000, or fifty-nine million, seven hundred thirty thousand, to be paid upon delivery of the products listed.

If you would like to inquire about new developments from the State Industries of Schultaria Prime, or have specific requests for new products, please don't hesitate to contact me or anyone else from Designwerks Computation, or our export-oriented front: Designwerks Internationale. Your feedback and interest is extremely important to us, and helps our designers, engineers, and research scientists develop more powerful technology for the public good.

Thank you once again for choosing Designwerks, and we hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Glenn Turasky.
-Chief Operations Officer - Designwerks Nume'kognaa (Computation)

[Schultaria Prime]

OOC: A daily BUMP for Designwerks. Comments? Suggestions? General interest in role-playing outside of the storefront? Feel free to contact me.

[Aerospace Innovation Inc]

To: Designwerks Computation
From: Manager of Sales/Contracts
Subj: Computer Information

I wish to inquire on if your fine company would be be willing and able to provide my aircraft with state of the art avionics, displays and various other electronic components. If so, how much will these services cost?

Regards,

A.J. Juma
CEO
Aerospace Innovation Inc.

[Schultaria Prime]

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To: A.J. Juma. Chief Executive Officer. The Defense Industries of Aerospace Innovation Incorporated.
From: Linda Norov. Chief of Customer Relations - Designwerks Internationale
Cc: Glenn Turasky. Chief Operations Officer - Designwerks Nume'kognaa
Mishka Weigertz. Chief Executive Officer - Designwerks Internationale
Elliot Schultz. Chief Executive Officer - Designwerks | Central Director - United Socialist States of Schultaria Prime
Subject: Exploration of component contracts tender (Re: Avionics equipment)

Mr. Juma,

On behalf of the State Industries of Schultaria Prime, we would like to thank you for the opportunity to supplement your esteemed corporation's product lines with technical expertise from Designwerks Computation. At the request of Mr. Turasky, Ms. Weigertz, and Mr. Schultz I have been assigned to serve as Designwerks' official liaison. Considering the potentially sensitive nature of your company's requests, all correspondence will be conducted under heightened classification and with the explicit approval of at least the Chief Operations Officer.

A panel of technical experts from Designwerks Computation, the Schultarian Diode Company, Berylus Optics, Altunis Computation Corporation, and Tershal Scientific Instruments were gathered to assess the initial request. After a summary study of Aerospace Innovation's product lines and potential points of computer-assisted interaction (cockpit instrumentation, weapons targeting and communication, in-flight diagnostics, electronic countermeasures, control surface management, et al.), the assembled team has expressed their confidence in integrating Designwerks' hardware and software into existing airframe systems. The majority of this assessment, thus far, has been theoretical.

In the interest of providing the most thorough estimates possible, the panel has requested a brief summary of the components and technical expertise that is most in demand for Aerospace Innovation's current inventory. Anecdotally, the panel has envisioned the following considerations:

• The cost of upgrading cabin displays with the latest in military-spec digital instrumentation and integrated HUD holography is considered to be most trivial expenditure and upgrade. Based on systems complexity, an estimate of approximately 0.3 - 0.55 % of the sale price per unit is considered to be the optimal cost using components already tested and utilized by the Schultarian Defense Forces.
  
  
• Avionic systems, in particular control surface assistance, would be the most challenging aspect for Schultarian software developers. In order to insure seamless integration of our technology to the aircraft's physical flight envelope, Designwerks would require several thousand hours of theoretical and practical aerodynamic data using locally calibrated diagnostic equipment. Additionally, changes to power plants and weapon systems will have to be modeled separately to insure optimal efficiency. Depending on sales volume, initial estimates for each airframe range between 1.6 - 2.1 % of the sale price.
  
  
• Physical hardware, though the specialty of Designwerks Computation, is one of the more difficult areas to model. Although the division offers a very reliable line of computers that are highly tolerant of extreme temperatures, pressures, moisture exposure, and electromagnetic flux, the panel wants to insure that each product has the best and most capable machine for each airframe. Considering the diversity of roles each aircraft is intended to perform, an optimal computer for the ER-1's command and control systems might need to be custom-tailored while the T-1 and A-1 platforms could easily integrate SPX-1 architecture to their intended missions with no modifications. Further examination will need to be conducted so the best possible technology will be mated to the right product, but 4.25 - 7.0 % of the current sale price per unit is to be the maximum expected cost.

We hope these theoretical estimates are enough to engage in further dialog. In the interest of refining the costs more precisely, we formally invite your company to bring a representative sample of your current product lines, along with company test pilots, corporate officers, and maintenance staff, to the Eldaimovey Advanced Research Laboratories in central Schultaria Prime for further aerodynamic and technical analysis. In lieu of payment for leasing the aforementioned aircraft, Designwerks shall compensate for all maintenance, staff accommodations, fuel, private transportation, and completely abrogate any and all consultancy fees once final estimates have been rendered.

We hope to hear from your office in the future, and look forward to a long and prosperous relationship.

Sincerely,

Linda Norov.
-Chief of Customer Relations - Designwerks Internationale

[Ile-Perrot]

To: Designwerks Computation
From: Ministry of Commerce, Popular Republic of Ile perrot
Subj: Comprehensive Production Rights Deal

Greetings. We are much pleased by your products and would wish to buy the entirety of your production rights (wich amounts to $133.325 Billion if we are exact) to use for our internal consumer market and forces. Our mixed market is very active and there is a huge demand for affordable consumer electronics. We offer the sum of $150 Billion NSD. Please consider the sale of the production rights for the SPATEX Mk. III (SPX-3); our interest in this system is great and never shall it be exported. I eagerly await your reply.

Cordially,
Jean-Roger Thibodeau, Minister of Commerce

[Schultaria Prime]

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To: Jean-Roger Thibodeau. Minister of Commerce - The Popular Republic of Ile-Perrot.
From: Mishka Weigertz. Chief Executive Officer - Designwerks Internationale
Subject: Confirmation of purchase (Re: Domestic production rights).

Mr. Thibodeau,

On behalf of all of us at the State Industries of Schultaria Prime, I would like to personally thank you for your extremely generous order. With a global marketplace that oftentimes appears more obsessed with military technology rather than consumer goods, we are grateful for the investment you've made to your marketplace. We consider it a great honor for our firm to provide the Republic with the necessary technical knowledge and initial manufacturing capabilities to produce Designwerks' most powerful and popular computing systems, and hope our products will drive your economy for decades to come.

With all Designwerks purchases, our company is willing to provide your nation with the necessary technical knowledge and resources to help you get the most out of your investments. If you need or desire help in planning additional facilities to fabricate any of our computing systems, please let us know as soon as possible. Designwerks experts will provideall the necessary training and troubleshooting to insure smooth and seamless integration of our computing lines to your marketplace.

We sincerely appreciate your interest in purchasing the domestic production rights for the SPATEX Mark III Computing System. Unfortunately, due to export regulations placed by the National Assembly of the USSSP, the public sale of such technology by the State Industries of Schultaria Prime is currently prohibited. In lieu of domestic manufacturing rights, we are willing to provide your state a long-term supply contract to fulfill domestic demand. Should your ministry feel it worthwhile to engage in such an investment, please contact us freely at your convenience.

In the interests of simplification for foreign exchange purposes, we shall credit said payment in universal standard dollars.

For the production rights of the following consumer electronics, the billed price shall be as listed:

• Cimones Data Tablet: $434,400,000, or four hundred thirty-four million, four hundred thousand
• Do'cloveen Hybrid Computer: $950,250,000, or nine hundred fifty million, two hundred fifty thousand
• Sapanna Electronic Paper System: $597,300,000, or five hundred ninety-seven million, three hundred thousand

For a subtotal of $1,981,950,000, or one billion, nine hundred eighty-one million, nine hundred fifty thousand

For the production rights of the following supercomputing systems, the billed price shall be as listed:

• HPC Series: $1,360,340,000, or one billion, three hundred sixty million, three hundred forty thousand
• CHEMIR Series: $2,380,000,000, or two billion, three hundred eighty million
• QUANVER Series: $12,670,000,000, or twelve billion, six hundred seventy million
• DALIER Series: $89,595,000,000, or eighty-nine billion, five hundred ninety-five million

For a subtotal of $106,005,340,000, or one hundred and six billion, five million, three hundred forty thousand

For the production rights of the following specialized computing systems, the billed price shall be as listed:

• SAMMUTUS Automation System: $1,400,350,000, or one billion, four hundred million, three hundred fifty thousand
• SPATEX Mk. I (SPX-1): $314,940,000, or three hundred and fourteen million, nine hundred forty thousand
• SPATEX Mk. II (SPX-2): $519,832,000, or five hundred and nineteen million, eight hundred thirty-two thousand

For a subtotal of $2,235,122,000, or two billion, two hundred thirty-five million, one hundred twenty-two thousand

For the production rights of the following peripherals, the billed price shall be as listed:

• Rotovo Data Archive: $678,750,000, or six hundred seventy-eight million, seven hundred fifty thousand
• NEXCRA Crystalline Data Archive: $10,181,250,000, or ten billion, one hundred eighty-one million, two hundred fifty thousand

For a subtotal of $10,860,000,000, or ten billion, eight hundred sixty million

Which completes to a total of $121,082,412,000, or one hundred twenty-one billion, eighty-two million, four hundred and twelve thousand, to be paid upon delivery of the production rights. As this underestimates your quoted costs by approximately twelve billion universal standard dollars, we encourage your ministry to inform us of any omissions or errors in the billing process to insure a fair and equitable transfer of intellectual property.

Once again, thank you for your extremely generous patronage. Please feel to contact us in regards to any questions or requests, and we hope to engage in business with your esteemed nation in the future.

Sincerely,

Mishka Weigertz.
-Chief Executive Officer - Designwerks Internationale

[Schultaria Prime]

OOC: A daily BUMP for Designwerks. As always, I appreciate suggestions and comments to improve the storefront's existing product lines.

[Ko-oren]

To: Designwerks Computation
From: Ko-oren National Board of Universities
Subject: Purchase/Collaboration

We would like to inquire into a few things regarding your company. One is the purchase of one or more of your products, and one is about some specifications of your hardware. Let us start with the second one, as it will define the first one.

Ko-oren is an environmentally sound country, based on principles such as recycling etcetera. Computer parts do not wear out easily, but they are taken over by more powerful systems within a few years, usually. Therefore we would like to inquire if the hardware you offer can be disassembled and reused in different areas, or if we can upgrade hardware we already have (by that point). If you do not have a system such as this, are you willing to develop a system together with some of our top computer science faculties?

Based on your reaction, we might decide to purchase.

Thank you for your time,

Jukilau Parasilasthen
Ko-oren National Board of Universities

[Schultaria Prime]

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To: Jukilau Parasilasthen. Ko-oren National Board of Universities. The Meritocratic Utopia of Ko-oren.
From: Glenn Turasky. Chief Operations Officer - Designwerks Nume'kognaa
Subject: Reply to missive on 26 Foscul 123 SDC (Re: Purchase / Collaboration).

Mr. Parasilasthen,

On behalf of the State Industries of Schultaria Prime, I would personally like to thank you for your letter regarding our product lines. With a marketplace that can be very competitive and offer unparalleled choices, we are humbled that your esteemed Board is interested in working with Designwerks. Therefore, I hope this brief missive will provide a satisfactory response to your queries. If not, please feel free to contact me or any representative from Designwerks Nume'kognaa (Computation) at your convenience, and we will do our best to address any issues that we have not described to your satisfaction.

One of primary ethics of Designwerks Nume'kognaa is to engineer our systems as robustly as possible for the expressed purpose of interacting with legacy hardware and competitive products as flawlessly as possible. This is especially evident in our Supercomputing and Specalized Computing product lines, where downtime due to hardware incompatibility can spell disaster for a customer. The SAMMUTUS, HPC, CHEMIR, and SPATEX Series utilized advanced components, but rely on chip interfaces and power tolerances that conform to industry standards. If necessary, any of the components between products can be swapped between systems; although it's typically not recommended to swap less powerful components into higher-performance machines.

There are, however, certain components to individual product lines which are proprietary, and thus incompatible with non-Designwerks systems. Most of these issues involve lines that are built either as standalone products, or in areas where little competition currently exists. Due to a combination of small form factors and tight engineering tolerances, The Cimones Data Tablet and Sapanna Electronic Paper System utilized miniaturized versions of desktop hardware. While incompatible with conventional desktop machines, the CPU, RAM, and Video Accelerators use standard interfaces and conform to dimensions found in traditional laptop computers.

Likewise, many of Designwerks' more exotic systems are also limited in their interchangeability. Due to RAM bandwidth constraints, combined with a need for specialized interfaces to handle the polynomial processing power of quantum-based CPUs, the QUANVER and DALIER Supercomputers are essentially designed from the inside out as separate machines. Though the RAM and CPU interfaces are proprietary, and the machines utilize faster telecommunications equipment to handle high-load processing situations, the disk and input/output interfaces for both machines are similar to the HPC and CHEMIR.

If the following devices still do not satisfy your request for a powerful, yet interchangeable, machine, the State Industries of Schultaria Prime are willing to help develop a new computer from the ground up. Our engineers are willing to collaborate with faculty from the Universities of Ko-oren, along with representatives from YellowApple Incorporated, to build a modular computer series more in line with ecologically conscious consumers such as your esteemed institution.

We hope to hear from you shortly, and look forward to any future replies.

Sincerely,

Glenn Turasky.
-Chief Operations Officer - Designwerks Nume'kognaa (Computation)

[Ko-oren]

To: Glenn Turasky. Chief Operations Officer - Designwerks Nume'kognaa
From: Jukilau Parasilasthen. Ko-oren National Board of Universities. The Meritocratic Utopia of Ko-oren
Subject: Reply to reply to missive on 26 Foscul 123 SDC (Re: Purchase / Collaboration).

Mr Turasky,

Thank you for your response. We had honestly not expected you could comply to our wishes this well. We are extremely delighted you are willing to cooperate to create a new series that suits us completely - and hopefully not just us, but many more of your customers in the future. We are planning to create a system that might not be completely compatible with the entire market, but a system that can be modified, updated and abolished (in case it is outdated to such an extent a completely new system is needed). If it is okay with you, we can send some of our top students and engineers to your company to develop the new system.

Sincerely,

Jukilau Parasilasthen

[Schultaria Prime]

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TIMESTAMP: 14:53 SCT, 03 TAS 123 SDC

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To: Jukilau Parasilasthen. Ko-oren National Board of Universities. The Meritocratic Utopia of Ko-oren.
From: Glenn Turasky. Chief Operations Officer - Designwerks Nume'kognaa
Subject: Project Malvar.

Mr. Parasilasthen,

Thank you for such a quick and courteous reply, and we hope that cooperation between Designwerks and the state-managed universities of the Meritocratic Utopia will yield productive results for both of our respective institutions.

In the interest of full technical disclosure, the State Industries of Schultaria Prime has previously invested in a series of concept desktops that might serve as a genetic launchpad of sorts. Designwerks Nume'kognaa has experimented with the idea of modular, hot-swapping, computing systems for consumer and institutional use. The most promising of these systems, Project Malvar, almost surpassed the prototype stage before being dropped in favor of the Cimones Mk. I. Utilizing a motherboard with a protective plastic casing for daily wear, uniform docking ports, and a standardized form factor, individual users could purchase modules to suit their specific requirements. Disk drives, RAM modules, video cards, processor booster packs, and a variety of other peripherals could be mounted and removed as needed without disrupting the computer's core operation.

Malvar prototype with four modules and 39 cm integrated monochrome screen (SDC 86)

Unfortunately, the initial prototype was beset with problems. Because of it's early development, industry standard form factors for mounting the individual modules were still not in full scale production, and demanded more power than could be safely managed with an integrated machine. Bandwidth requirements for each module were too high to be managed by the technology of the day, which made the machine far slower than less costly competitors. Finally, a lack of domestic consumer enthusiasm prompted researchers and design engineers to look at other technologies to build the nation's electronics industry.

With the widespread use of newer and far more energy-efficient electronics, combined with faster bit rates from modern communications buses, our design teams feel confident that the time is right to revive the Malvar project for your specific requirements. Individual components, conforming to the same dimensions and hardware tolerances, can be swapped out with relative ease while also being upgraded and modified as necessary to suit the end user's requirements. If you feel that this project may not be sufficient for your needs, please let us know and we'll do our utmost to incorporate all of your design considerations into a system that'll best fit you.

We hope to hear from you very soon, and this is be beginning of a sustained, meaningful, collaboration between the State Industries of Schultaria Prime and the Ko-oren University System.

Sincerely,

Glenn Turasky.
-Chief Operations Officer - Designwerks Nume'kognaa (Computation)