Research-Stack/airtable_hardware_substrates.csv
Brandon Schneider 2aef54d052 chore: commit accumulated working tree changes
Lean: update Semantics modules, add new numerics/physics data files
Hardware: update FPGA bitstreams (tangnano9k_uart_loopback)
Infra: k3s-flake tests, netcup-vps configuration, VCN compute substrate
Docs: ARCHITECTURE, specs, citation updates
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1Substrate NameCategoryCost ($)BandwidthMath ComplexityOps/$Hardware RequirementsStatusKey InsightLean FormalizationPython Implementation
2TOSLINK EntropyPhysical Entropy0Physical noiseSimple (XOR/shifts)TOSLINK transceiver + optical cableSpecifiedOptical imperfections as deterministic stochastic channelMechRouting.leanvcn_compute_substrate.py
3USB-C to SFP + 1km FiberPhysical Entropy0Physical noiseSimple (XOR/shifts)USB-C to SFP adapter + 1km fiber spoolSpecifiedHot-swappable SFP modules + fiber imperfections = modern optical entropyMechRouting.leanvcn_compute_substrate.py
4PCIe Idle CyclesHarvested Cycles0~100MB/s DMAMedium (Q0.16 scalar)PCIe device with management controllerSpecifiedLink state machine idle cycles = free compute substrateMeshRouting.leanvcn_compute_substrate.py
5HDMI TMDS AbuseDisplay Interface0~6GB/s (1080p@60)Complex (Soliton fields)HDMI interface + TMDS accessSpecifiedDisplay cable as N-dimensional soliton field transportMeshRouting.leanhdmi_computational_shell.py
6DisplayPort Texel StreamDisplay Interface0~32GB/s (8K@60)Complex (Soliton fields)DisplayPort 1.4a + NVENC GPUSpecified8K60 texel transport with NVENC accelerationDP_TEXEL_8K_ENCODING_SPEC.mddp_texel_encoder.py
7MCU (SidonAVM)Coordination10NoneMedium (Q0.16 scalar)~100KRaspberry Pi 2W or similar MCUDeployedAVM abstraction for Sidon set generationSidonAVM.leansidon_avm.py
8FPGA ProbingEmpirical Discovery500~1GB/sAdaptive (Empirical)~1MTang Nano 9K + Xilinx FPGASpecifiedEmpirical discovery of hardware capabilities via systematic probingPROBING_NANOKERNEL_FPGA_ACCELERATOR.mdfpga_probing.py
9EPYC SP5 FabricOverkill10000~500GB/sVery Complex (GPU fabric)580KAMD EPYC SP5 + 96 coresTheoreticalTreat silicon as unified compute fabricNetworkedSelfSolvingSpace.leanepyc_fabric.py