AE2 Processors: The Inscriber and Printed Circuits
Processors are the components behind every advanced Applied Energistics 2 device, and they are made in the Inscriber. This guide covers the presses, prints and processors.
The Inscriber
The 
Inscriber stamps materials into printed circuits using presses. The four presses — 
Inscriber Silicon Press, 
Inscriber Logic Press, 
Inscriber Calculation Press and 
Inscriber Engineering Press — are found in meteorite structures and are reusable, so recovering them is an early goal.
Prints and processors
Each press stamps a material into a printed part:
Printed Silicon from Silicon.
Printed Logic Circuit, 
Printed Calculation Circuit and 
Printed Engineering Circuit from redstone, certus and pure crystals.
Combining a printed circuit with Printed Silicon and redstone in the Inscriber yields the finished processors — the 
Logic Processor, 
Calculation Processor and 
Engineering Processor — which drive storage components, crafting and higher-tier machines.
Why they matter
Processors gate AE2 progression: storage components need Calculation Processors, spatial and high-end devices need Engineering Processors. Automating the Inscriber early — feeding it silicon and materials — is what lets the rest of your network scale.
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