On the left we have a picture of ruins of an ancient city, and on the right we have a picture of a computer motherboard....
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One must consider two things when it comes to drawing these comparisons:
The second extends from the first.
To stop a city from being crowded, you must plan for the flow of people.
To stop a chip-set from being crowded, you must plan for the flow of electricity and the data that rides on its current.
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http://www.scienceclarified.com/He-In/Integrated-Circuit.html#:~:text=The%20components%20etched%20onto%20an,controls%20current%20by%20providing%20resistance.
There must be paths, road and highways for the movement of goods. Circuits
There must be places like warehouses to store goods. Capacitors.
There must be a method for keeping track of the goods in storage, as well as logs for their movement from place to place. Transistors
There must be places to hitch your beast of burden so you can sort and offload goods by hand, thereby preventing bulky animals from blocking the smaller paths. Resistors
There must be a large space to allow for the transfer of goods. Microchip/Processor
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If you think about it, it is only logical that both Civil Engineers and Computer Engineers would come up with comparable systems for the movement of goods and electrical impulses alike.
Ultimately, what abstract concept we are seeing manifest in both these images is the notion of Flow.
For things to move perpetually, there must be a cyclical flow. What goes around, must come around. Anything you seek to build that is intended to stay functional perpetually must adhere to the Rules of Flow.
Sleepydude with a very Awake comment
Very true and well trained minds tend to access and synthesize information without necessarily identifying the source... The Board designer may very well have seen a map at some point before designing the board without recognizing that he was emulating it.. But if it was laid out by a computer, that is another thing...
Excellent comment. I love seeing these types of explanations on GAW, and as a fellow hobbyist, I love how quickly you broke down electrical components and cited your source.
If I could sticky your comment, I would. I bookmarked that Science Clarified blog.
We’ll save you the trouble and updoot it to the top.
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Excellent analysis. Computer chips are not quite as alien as people assume. People designed both chips and cities with the same basic principles. It makes sense that you’ll see some analogous architecture.
Thank you for breaking that down to it's fractal nature my dude. updoot for ya :) Was hoping somebody would get to it. I would have bothered, but I'm a lazy bastard today.
And jumping in as a process engineer we develop piping along these same principles if you want efficient flow, storage, and processing of fluids. Look at a refinery from a top-down aerial view.