Dash responded, “You are probably right, although I suspect the risk is greater than you might guess. Regardless, the problem is that our chips supply fewer teraflops on a per-kilo basis than the newest chips. That could be a problem for you.” She sighed, pulled out her tablet, and started doing some calculations. “Fortunately, our new titanium boosters are a little bit lighter than the old aluminum ones. I had thought that would be a pleasant surprise for you at the end, but I guess we could use the surplus weight budget for more chips to achieve the needed compute power.”
Matt groaned. “So I’ll need more chips. Let me guess—it’s going to cost me more.”
Dash laughed. “In fact, our chips, being of older designs, are easier to produce and cost less. You will be able to save some money on
