Replication backpack overhead - Revision history

Apm: Apm moved page Replication backpack to Replication backpack overhead: the title should state the issue

2026-07-15T09:16:36Z

Apm moved page Replication backpack to Replication backpack overhead: the title should state the issue

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Apm: /* Related */

2026-05-31T20:56:13Z

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	* '''[[Molecular assembler (disambiguation)]]'''		* '''[[Molecular assembler (disambiguation)]]'''
	---		----
	* [[Why ultra-compact molecular assemblers are too difficult]]		* [[Why ultra-compact molecular assemblers are too difficult]]
	* [[Molecular assemblers as advanced productive nanosystem (outdated)]]		* [[Molecular assemblers as advanced productive nanosystem (outdated)]]

Apm: /* Related */ added link to page Molecular assembler (disambiguation)

2026-05-31T20:56:06Z

Related: added link to page Molecular assembler (disambiguation)

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	= Related =		= Related =

			* '''[[Molecular assembler (disambiguation)]]'''
			---
	* [[Why ultra-compact molecular assemblers are too difficult]]		* [[Why ultra-compact molecular assemblers are too difficult]]
	* [[Molecular assemblers as advanced productive nanosystem (outdated)]]		* [[Molecular assemblers as advanced productive nanosystem (outdated)]]

Apm: /* Efficiency is not entirely irrelevant for for early systems */ removed doubled "for"

2026-05-09T18:36:33Z

Efficiency is not entirely irrelevant for for early systems: removed doubled "for"

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	And to eventually replicative capability. <br>		And to eventually replicative capability. <br>

	= Efficiency is not entirely irrelevant ~~for~~ for early systems =		= Efficiency is not entirely irrelevant for early systems =

	Beside the difficulty of compact self contained replication for bootstrapping [[Proto-assembler (outdated)]] <br>		Beside the difficulty of compact self contained replication for bootstrapping [[Proto-assembler (outdated)]] <br>

Apm: /* How desperately pressing for the smallest possible atom-count badly backfires */

2026-05-09T16:07:08Z

How desperately pressing for the smallest possible atom-count badly backfires

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	When one is desperately pressing for the minimum atom count <br>		When one is desperately pressing for the minimum atom count <br>
	due to one (unnecessary) assuming just one singe macroscopically local SPM tip <br>		due to one (unnecessary) assuming just one singe macroscopically local SPM tip <br>
	(as what is ~~where~~ many authors did and till do), <br>		(as what is what many authors did and till do), <br>
	then one theoretically could go smaller by a a monolithic self-contained system, yes but … <br>		then one theoretically could go smaller by a a monolithic self-contained system, yes but … <br>
	There is caveat that makes this badly backfire. <br>		There is caveat that makes this badly backfire. <br>

Apm: /* How desperately pressing for the smallest possible atom-count fatally backfires */

2026-05-09T16:06:35Z

How desperately pressing for the smallest possible atom-count fatally backfires

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	going to any fancy advanced optimizations like nanofactory like assembly line processes. <br>		going to any fancy advanced optimizations like nanofactory like assembly line processes. <br>

	= How desperately pressing for the smallest possible atom-count ~~fatally~~ backfires =		= How desperately pressing for the smallest possible atom-count badly backfires =

	When one is desperately pressing for the minimum atom count <br>		When one is desperately pressing for the minimum atom count <br>

Apm: /* Caveat excessive replication time */

2026-05-09T16:05:52Z

Caveat excessive replication time

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	If the necessary replication times goes up into the months and years range due to <br>		If the necessary replication times goes up into the months and years range due to <br>
	the single mechanosynthesis stage having the responsibility to replicate infrastructure around <br>		the single mechanosynthesis stage having the responsibility to replicate (backpack)infrastructure around <br>
	that has an atom count far beyond just the mechanosyntehsis stage itself, <br>		that has an atom count far beyond just the mechanosyntehsis stage itself, <br>
	then for a self replicating "[[protoassembler]] seed unit" with a mandatorily needed debugging cycle <br>		then for a self replicating "[[protoassembler]] seed unit" with a mandatorily needed debugging cycle <br>

Apm: /* Factoring further */

2026-05-09T16:05:00Z

Factoring further

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	== Factoring further ==		== Factoring further ==

	But why not go further for massive gains by factoring out:		But why not go further <br>
			for massive gains in backpack reduction by factoring out:
	* mechanosynthesis stages units		* mechanosynthesis stages units
	* tooltip magazine units		* tooltip magazine units

Apm: /* Factoring subsystems out to remove redundancy */

2026-05-09T16:04:19Z

Factoring subsystems out to remove redundancy

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	<small>Imagine blowing up the microprocessor in a 3d printer to discrete components, every one as big as a nozzle at least, granted one can and will want to work with much less compute.</small>		<small>Imagine blowing up the microprocessor in a 3d printer to discrete components, every one as big as a nozzle at least, granted one can and will want to work with much less compute.</small>

			These means more data needs to be transmitted across the interfaces which (depending on design) <br>
	~~This~~ means more data needs to be transmitted across the interfaces which (depending on design) <br>
	may be more problematic for self contained replicating units operating in 3D lattices <br>		may be more problematic for self contained replicating units operating in 3D lattices <br>
	than for more distributed systems that have high enough throughput to stay in 2D. <br>		than for more distributed systems that have high enough throughput to stay in 2D. <br>

Apm: /* Factoring subsystems out to remove redundancy */ some fixes

2026-05-09T16:04:01Z

Factoring subsystems out to remove redundancy: some fixes

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	The most self suggesting first step is to factor out the blueprint data. <br>		The most self suggesting first step is to factor out the blueprint data. <br>
	(i.e. not having the analogy of DNA in every living cell) <br>		(i.e. not having the analogy of DNA in every living cell) <br>
			'''Computing logic:'''<br>
	Then minimizing local compute as this is a huge dominant part of such systems. <br>		Then minimizing local compute as this is a huge dominant part of such systems. <br>
	<small>Imagine blowing up the microprocessor in a 3d printer to discrete components, every one as big as a nozzle at least, granted one can and will want to work with much less compute.</small>		<small>Imagine blowing up the microprocessor in a 3d printer to discrete components, every one as big as a nozzle at least, granted one can and will want to work with much less compute.</small>

	~~'''Computing logic:'''<br>~~
	This means more data needs to be transmitted across the interfaces		This means more data needs to be transmitted across the interfaces which (depending on design) <br>
	which (depending on design) may be more problematic for self contained replicating units operating in 3D lattices		may be more problematic for self contained replicating units operating in 3D lattices <br>
	than for more distributed systems that have high enough throughput to stay in 2D.		than for more distributed systems that have high enough throughput to stay in 2D. <br>
			Well get back to the higher throughput point. <br>

	<hr>		<hr>
	Up to this point from nanoscale perspective replication is still compactly self contained.		Up to this point from nanoscale perspective replication is still compactly self contained. <br>
			Changing below.

	== Factoring further ==		== Factoring further ==