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Engrams are a unique, "pure" state of matter,<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Master Ives, Cryptarch|Master Ives, Cryptarch]]''</ref> the form solid matter takes when physically encrypted. First successfully generated by Willa Bray, [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] proceeded to head the field of engram research and application. | Engrams are a unique, "pure" state of matter,<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Master Ives, Cryptarch|Master Ives, Cryptarch]]''</ref> the form solid matter takes when physically encrypted. First successfully generated by Willa Bray, [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] proceeded to head the field of engram research and application. | ||
Engrams were often used to store information, such as manuscripts or research. They were known to degrade over time. Engrams dating from the Golden Age were normally mostly illegible.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Hastilude]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Primary Weapons#Fabian Strategy|Fabian Strategy]]''</ref> | |||
One of the most significant applications of engrams is for computing. By the end of the 21st century, computer engineers had reached the physical limits of transistor-based computing, unable to overcome quantum incoherence at the nanoscopic level. This halted research for some time. However, engram encryption allowed quantum incoherence to be bypassed: transistors encoded into engrams could store exponentially more information in a smaller space. The discovery of engrammic computation, one of Clovis Bray's last developments before the [[Collapse]], led to a vast leap in human processing power. | One of the most significant applications of engrams is for computing. By the end of the 21st century, computer engineers had reached the physical limits of transistor-based computing, unable to overcome quantum incoherence at the nanoscopic level. This halted research for some time. However, engram encryption allowed quantum incoherence to be bypassed: transistors encoded into engrams could store exponentially more information in a smaller space. The discovery of engrammic computation, one of Clovis Bray's last developments before the [[Collapse]], led to a vast leap in human processing power. | ||
