[ExI] Tabby's star, computronium size

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of John Clark
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 6:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Tabby's star, computronium size

 

 

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 7:38 PM, <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > wrote:

  

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To reduce latency and minimize intercommunication energy use.

 

​That would explain why you'd make one region dense with 

computronium 

​but why make another region less dense? Why is it better if its lumpy?

 

John K Clark  ​

 

 

If the system is metal-limited, then some regions are less dense in order to allow other regions to be more dense.

 

Another possibility: some regions are less dense in order to enable some specific function, such as the more computationally-intensive less communications-intensive activities.  For instance, imagine the system wants to search for Mersenne Primes.  In the neighborhoods working on that, high latency is irrelevant.  A node might calculate away for years not needing to talk or listen at all.  Those nodes need lots of space, so that they can collect sufficient energy and radiate waste heat.

 

Other applications might not compute as much, but they are far more yakkity, such as most things we do with our processors.  These would do better in more densely packed smaller-node regions.

 

spike

 

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