Matrioshka Brains: Star-Powered Computers
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The thought experiment nests computing layers so an outer layer can use heat emitted by an inner one at a different temperature. The presenter relates successive layers to the surface area required to radiate that heat.
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the next layer absorb that waste heat and run more calculationsa sphere’s surface area goes with the square of its width