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We posit a metal tree that computes<\/strong>. No water. No biological leaves. What flows through it is data; what it draws in is light; what it turns that light into is electricity to function.<\/p>\n Tree roles map to chip roles: roots = energy intake (light, power); trunk and vascular = send (data, control, quantum state, power along waveguides and wires); parts that turn light energy emission into electricity; parts that cool and support. The voxel types \u2014 INTERCONNECT, LIGHT, BLANK, HYBRID, QUANTUM, IO, MEMORY, CROSS \u2014 are the species of this tree. The chip recognises real form in light and computes with it.<\/p>\n