https://github.com/philipturner/apm-roadmap

A Nanofactory Roadmap 2: Improved Proposal for a Comprehensive Diamondoid Nanofactory Development Program
https://github.com/philipturner/apm-roadmap

analog-signal-processing computer-science crystallography finite-element-analysis fluid-dynamics high-voltage-electronics integrated-circuit-packaging laboratory-safety laser-interferometry nmr-spectroscopy numerical-linear-algebra organometallics peer-review project-management quantum-chemistry ray-tracing science-communication statistical-mechanics ultra-high-vacuum vibration-isolation

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A Nanofactory Roadmap 2: Improved Proposal for a Comprehensive Diamondoid Nanofactory Development Program

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/philipturner/apm-roadmap
• Owner: philipturner
• License: other
• Created: 2025-07-06T11:09:06.000Z (11 months ago)
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• Last Pushed: 2025-07-24T23:11:12.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-25T04:58:59.388Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: analog-signal-processing, computer-science, crystallography, finite-element-analysis, fluid-dynamics, high-voltage-electronics, integrated-circuit-packaging, laboratory-safety, laser-interferometry, nmr-spectroscopy, numerical-linear-algebra, organometallics, peer-review, project-management, quantum-chemistry, ray-tracing, science-communication, statistical-mechanics, ultra-high-vacuum, vibration-isolation
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Objectives:

- Revise the motivations for molecular nanotechnology, redirect R&D resources away from alternative pathways to continuation of Moore’s Law.

- Outline the long, multi-phase development path on the experimental side.

  - Prove physical plausibility by shrinking the uncertainty in required parallelism and attainable reaction frequencies.

  - Highlight new technologies (organotin tripods) that must be developed proactively, to arrive just on schedule for the later development phases.

  - Take action to break the barrier to entry for Phase I.

- Outline the ambitions for a CAD software suite, which will lead to improved clarity on the more far-term development phases.

  - PyTorch for nanomachines. Importance of ergonomic API design and greater programmability, unlocking more control for the user. This often comes with negative effects on backend performance (CPU–GPU communication gap) and a higher barrier to entry (more extensive tutorial suite).

  - The need to restrict the software stack to Apple silicon and high-end Windows PCs (AVX2, discrete GPUs).

  - The strange realization that simulators are out of scope for the CAD foundation.

Table of Contents:

- [Experimental Development Pathway](./Documentation/Experimental%20Development%20Pathway.md)

- [Principal Issue](./Documentation/Principal%20Issue.md)

- [Near-Term](#)

  - [Experiments](./Documentation/Near-Term/Experiments.md) (Phase I–II)

  - [Commercialization](./Documentation/Near-Term/Commercialization.md) (Phase III)

- [CAD Software](#)

  - [Motivation](./Documentation/CAD%20Software/Motivation.md) (Phase IV)

  - [Influencing Documents](./Documentation/CAD%20Software/Influencing%20Documents.md) (Phase IV)

  - [Implementation Plan](./Documentation/CAD%20Software/Implementation%20Plan.md) (Phase V–VI)




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