Higher throughput of smaller machinery - Revision history

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	[[File:NanosystemsNotAProposedDesignConvergentAssembly.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Even more so than the naive layered stack: '''THIS IS NOT A PROPOSED DESIGN (so explicitly stated in [[Nanosystems]])'''. Just an example of a non-planar [[convergent assembly]] topology and geometry (or morphology as in biology). '''More or less planar [[assembly layers]] likely match natural scaling laws applied to the problem domain much better. But only as a baseline.''' {{wikitodo\|Add Josh Halls analytic math comparison to scaling laws in bio-systems too. Plus his picture.}}]]		[[File:NanosystemsNotAProposedDesignConvergentAssembly.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Even more so than the naive layered stack: '''THIS IS NOT A PROPOSED DESIGN (so explicitly stated in [[Nanosystems]])'''. Just an example of a non-planar [[convergent assembly]] topology and geometry (or morphology as in biology). '''More or less planar [[assembly layers]] likely match natural scaling laws applied to the problem domain much better. But only as a baseline.''' {{wikitodo\|Add Josh Halls analytic math comparison to scaling laws in bio-systems too. Plus his picture.}}]]

	Video: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_K2aYaNCM~~&t=1555s~~ "The Surprising Productivity of Nano-Machinery"]''' <br>		Video: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_K2aYaNCM "The Surprising Productivity of Nano-Machinery"]''' <br>
	Short preview version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O4uoxEt47c "Convergent Assembly and its effect on friction in Cog-and-Gear-style Nanomachinery"] <br>		Short preview version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O4uoxEt47c "Convergent Assembly and its effect on friction in Cog-and-Gear-style Nanomachinery"] <br>

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	[[File:NanosystemsNotAProposedDesignConvergentAssembly.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Even more so than the naive layered stack: '''THIS IS NOT A PROPOSED DESIGN (so explicitly stated in [[Nanosystems]])'''. Just an example of a non-planar [[convergent assembly]] topology and geometry (or morphology as in biology). '''More or less planar [[assembly layers]] likely match natural scaling laws applied to the problem domain much better. But only as a baseline.''' {{wikitodo\|Add Josh Halls analytic math comparison to scaling laws in bio-systems too. Plus his picture.}}]]		[[File:NanosystemsNotAProposedDesignConvergentAssembly.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Even more so than the naive layered stack: '''THIS IS NOT A PROPOSED DESIGN (so explicitly stated in [[Nanosystems]])'''. Just an example of a non-planar [[convergent assembly]] topology and geometry (or morphology as in biology). '''More or less planar [[assembly layers]] likely match natural scaling laws applied to the problem domain much better. But only as a baseline.''' {{wikitodo\|Add Josh Halls analytic math comparison to scaling laws in bio-systems too. Plus his picture.}}]]

	Video: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_K2aYaNCM&t=1555s The Surprising Productivity of Nano-Machinery]'''		Video: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_K2aYaNCM&t=1555s "The Surprising Productivity of Nano-Machinery"]''' <br>
			Short preview version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O4uoxEt47c "Convergent Assembly and its effect on friction in Cog-and-Gear-style Nanomachinery"] <br>


	When production machines are made smaller <br>		When production machines are made smaller <br>

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	[[File:NanosystemsNotAProposedDesignConvergentAssembly.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Even more so than the naive layered stack: '''THIS IS NOT A PROPOSED DESIGN (so explicitly stated in [[Nanosystems]])'''. Just an example of a non-planar [[convergent assembly]] topology and geometry (or morphology as in biology). '''More or less planar [[assembly layers]] likely match natural scaling laws applied to the problem domain much better. But only as a baseline.''' {{wikitodo\|Add Josh Halls analytic math comparison to scaling laws in bio-systems too. Plus his picture.}}]]		[[File:NanosystemsNotAProposedDesignConvergentAssembly.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Even more so than the naive layered stack: '''THIS IS NOT A PROPOSED DESIGN (so explicitly stated in [[Nanosystems]])'''. Just an example of a non-planar [[convergent assembly]] topology and geometry (or morphology as in biology). '''More or less planar [[assembly layers]] likely match natural scaling laws applied to the problem domain much better. But only as a baseline.''' {{wikitodo\|Add Josh Halls analytic math comparison to scaling laws in bio-systems too. Plus his picture.}}]]

			Video: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_K2aYaNCM&t=1555s The Surprising Productivity of Nano-Machinery]'''

	When production machines are made smaller <br>		When production machines are made smaller <br>

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	== External links ==		== External links ==

			* Video: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_K2aYaNCM&t=1555s The Surprising Productivity of Nano-Machinery]'''
	* Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O4uoxEt47c Convergent Assembly and its effect on friction in Cog-and-Gear-style Nanomachinery – a sneak preview]		* Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O4uoxEt47c Convergent Assembly and its effect on friction in Cog-and-Gear-style Nanomachinery – a sneak preview]

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	== Alternate names for this scaling law as a concept ==		== Alternate names for this scaling law as a concept ==

	* Higher productivity of smaller machinery		* Higher throughput-density of smaller machinery (more precise & more cumbersome naming)
	* Productivity explosion		* Higher productivity of smaller machinery (well not all stuff made may be a desirable products, pessimistic view)
			* Productivity explosion (too over-hyping & unspecific)

	The thing is higher throughput does not necessarily means higher productivity in the sense of generation of useful products. <br>		The thing is higher throughput does not necessarily means higher productivity in the sense of generation of useful products. <br>

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	Concretely: '''The optimal [[sub-layer]] number where total frictionloss is mimimal is B³.''' <br>		Concretely: '''The optimal [[sub-layer]] number where total frictionloss is mimimal is B³.''' <br>
	Beyond that friction goes up again (eventually linearly). The scaling law breaks down. <br>		Beyond that friction goes up again (eventually linearly). The scaling law breaks down. <br>
	~~For the math on this see page: [[Optimal sublayernumber for minimal friction]]~~

	This happens to also be the point where assembly ~~fricton~~ losses and transport friction losses are equal. <br>		This happens to also be the point where assembly friction losses and transport friction losses are equal. <br>
	For derivation of these results see page: [[~~Limits to lower~~ friction ~~despite higher bearing area~~]]		For derivation of these results see page: [[Optimal sublayernumber for minimal friction]]

	{{wikitodo\|Make a infographic here in analogy to the one the page [[Level throughput balancing]]}}		{{wikitodo\|Make a infographic here in analogy to the one the page [[Level throughput balancing]]}}

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	'''The bigger the [[branching factor]] B, the more there can be gained form this scaling law.'''		'''The bigger the [[branching factor]] B, the more there can be gained form this scaling law.'''

	Concretely: '''The optimal layer number where total frictionloss is mimimal is B³.''' <br>		Concretely: '''The optimal [[sub-layer]] number where total frictionloss is mimimal is B³.''' <br>
	Beyond that friction goes up again (eventually linearly). The scaling law breaks down. <br>		Beyond that friction goes up again (eventually linearly). The scaling law breaks down. <br>
			For the math on this see page: [[Optimal sublayernumber for minimal friction]]

	This happens to also be the point where assembly fricton losses and transport friction losses are equal. <br>		This happens to also be the point where assembly fricton losses and transport friction losses are equal. <br>

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	When production machines are made smaller <br>		When production machines are made smaller <br>
	(but ~~keep operating~~ at the [[Same absolute speeds for smaller machinery\|same speed]])<br>		(but are still operated at the [[Same absolute speeds for smaller machinery\|same unchanged speed]]) <br>
	then they can produce more product per time.		then they can produce more product per time.

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	[[File:ConvergentAssemblyThroughputScalingLaw-compressed.jpg\|600px\|thumb\|right\|Convergent assembly illustrating the scaling law '''"Higher throughput of smaller machinery"'''.<br> '''The bottommost microscopically thin layer has the exact same throughput as the topmost macroscopic one. Thus filling the whole volume with nanomachinery would lead to exorbitant throughput and exorbitant waste heat ~~and~~ is neither necessary nor desirable.''' All layers are [[Same absolute speeds for smaller machinery\|operating at the exact same speed]] (not same frequency). Chosen here is a [[branching factor]] of four for illustrative purposes only. – While this is related to [[convergent assembly]] in the form of [[assembly layers]]. This specific topology and geometry does not match any concretely proposed designs. Actually (via [[exploratory engineering]]) proposed designs have significant deviations from this.]]		[[File:ConvergentAssemblyThroughputScalingLaw-compressed.jpg\|600px\|thumb\|right\|Convergent assembly illustrating the scaling law '''"Higher throughput of smaller machinery"'''.<br> '''The bottommost microscopically thin layer has the exact same throughput as the topmost macroscopic one. Thus filling the whole volume with nanomachinery would lead to exorbitant throughput and exorbitant waste heat. This is neither necessary nor desirable.''' All layers are [[Same absolute speeds for smaller machinery\|operating at the exact same speed]] (not same frequency). Chosen here is a [[branching factor]] of four for illustrative purposes only. – While this is related to [[convergent assembly]] in the form of [[assembly layers]]. This specific topology and geometry does not match any concretely proposed designs. Actually (via [[exploratory engineering]]) proposed designs have significant deviations from this.]]

	[[File:productive-nanosystems-video-snapshot.png\|thumb\|400px\|'''This here is an actually proposed design''' for convergent [[assembly level]]s in the form of convergent [[assembly layer]]s. Note that the most part of the stack are the bottom nanoscale [[sub-layer]]s all of same size. Further convergent assembly in the naive form (shown in the first image on the page here) is optional (replacing product assemblers) at the top and not present here at all. – Image taken from [[Productive Nanosystems From molecules to superproducts]] video.]]		[[File:productive-nanosystems-video-snapshot.png\|thumb\|400px\|'''This here is an actually proposed design''' for convergent [[assembly level]]s in the form of convergent [[assembly layer]]s. Note that the most part of the stack are the bottom nanoscale [[sub-layer]]s all of same size. Further convergent assembly in the naive form (shown in the first image on the page here) is optional (replacing product assemblers) at the top and not present here at all. – Image taken from [[Productive Nanosystems From molecules to superproducts]] video.]]