Fractal Compute Node Architecture

A deterministic, tile‑based, event‑driven architecture for scalable, interpretable intelligent systems.

Core Concepts

The architecture is built from identical compute tiles arranged in a fractal hierarchy. Each tile contains a locally connected grid of simple compute elements that update synchronously under deterministic rules and emit discrete events.

  • Tiles: Local, self‑contained compute regions.
  • Local Connectivity: Neighborhood‑bounded interactions only.
  • Event Propagation: Discrete events flow across tile boundaries.
  • Fractal Hierarchy: Repeated structure at multiple scales.
  • Deterministic Execution: Same input, same evolution, every time.

Design Priorities

The architecture is intentionally constrained to favor stability, interpretability, and hardware realizability over raw flexibility.

  • Thermal sanity: Bounded activity and controlled event rates.
  • Predictability: No hidden global state or stochastic updates.
  • Scalability: Fractal composition instead of centralized control.
  • Hardware alignment: Simple, regular structures suitable for FPGA/ASIC.

Intended Application Domains

The architecture is designed as a substrate for systems that must operate continuously, under uncertainty, without sacrificing stability or interpretability.

Edge Intelligence

Always‑on sensing, anomaly detection, and local decision‑making where power, thermals, and reliability matter more than peak FLOPs.

Autonomous Systems

Deterministic substrates for control, navigation, and situational awareness in robotics and autonomous platforms.

Distributed Sensing Fabrics

Fractal topologies that mirror the structure of large‑scale sensor networks, enabling local processing and global coherence.

Current Status

The foundational architecture and reference specification for the first version of the compute node architecture are complete and undergoing internal review. Formal documents, simulation artifacts, and hardware mappings will be shared once the review process is finished.

If you are a researcher or engineer interested in early technical discussions, you can reach out directly via the contact page.