Not with silicon, but with cultured neuristors and a single, polished sphere of cadmium telluride for the QEC. When Aris threw the power switch, nothing happened. No LEDs. No hum. Just a faint, subsonic thrum that made Lin’s teeth ache.
“You’re sure this is it?” asked Lin, his junior analyst, peering over his shoulder. “The ‘Ghost in the Machine’ schematic?”
“Don’t,” Aris warned.