The Metal Tree That Computes

We posit a metal tree that computes. 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.

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 — INTERCONNECT, LIGHT, BLANK, HYBRID, QUANTUM, IO, MEMORY, CROSS — are the species of this tree. The chip recognises real form in light and computes with it.

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