SECTION 0 — Executive Summary & Introduction
- 0A — Introduction (purpose & scope)
- 0B — Core mechanics at a glance (kernel + streaming + bands)
- 0C — Connectors → Kernel → Silicon (one substrate)
- 0D — Why this matters (immediate value)
- 0E — What you can test in minutes (calculator-fast)
- 0F — How this builds on SSM and SSMS
- 0G — Who should read this
- 0H — Guardrails and responsible use
- 0I — What is inside this document (preview)
- 0J — One-minute elevator summary
1. PRIMER — The Two-Lane Number
- 1.1 The pair on purpose
- 1.2 Safety rails (always on)
- 1.3 Combine once, everywhere (tiny kernel)
- 1.4 Streaming that equals batch (order-invariant)
- 1.5 Division policy (magnitude lane only)
- 1.6 Connectors (ports) that match real operations
- 1.7 Kernel-to-silicon mapping (small by design)
- 1.8 Deterministic knobs (freeze for reproducibility)
- 1.9 Minimal conformance (calculator-fast)
- 1.10 Display and bands (quick reference)
- 1.11 What this buys you in practice (summary)
2. MODEL — Connectors, Kernel, Silicon
- 2.1 Connector layer (ports and semantics)
- 2.2 Bus model (two lanes in lockstep)
- 2.3 Kernel (three-stage micro-ops, normative)
- 2.4 Silicon blocks (small, composable IP)
- 2.5 ISA-like ops (scalar first, then SIMD)
- 2.6 Memory map (knobs and manifests)
- 2.7 Timing, latency, throughput (design targets)
- 2.8 Quantization and error envelopes (first-order)
- 2.9 Interop with existing pipelines (zero-friction)
- 2.10 Observability, audit, and stamping
- 2.11 Display and banding (UI guidance)
- 2.12 Defaults and profiles (recommended starting points)
3. VERIFICATION — Instant Convincer Pack
- 3.1 Goals and philosophy
- 3.2 Deterministic knobs (freeze before testing)
- 3.3 Test E1 — Clamp safety (edges never explode)
- 3.4 Test E2 — Multiply identity (closed-form = rapidity)
- 3.5 Test E3 — Divide identity (closed-form = rapidity)
- 3.6 Test E4 — Reciprocal symmetry (alignment-only)
- 3.7 Test E5 — Streaming sum is order-invariant (U/W)
- 3.8 Test E6 — Collapse parity (classical results untouched)
- 3.9 Test E7 — Stable ratio visibility (practical division)
- 3.10 Test E8 — Quantization sanity (first-order envelope)
- 3.11 Test E9 — Environment gate (alignment-only, preserves collapse)
- 3.12 90-second spreadsheet template (quick reproduction)
- 3.13 Acceptance gates (bring-up sheet)
- 3.14 Common failure modes and fixes
- 3.15 Conformance vectors
- 3.16 What “passes here” means in operations
- 3.17 Test E10 — Fixed-point parity (Q-format sanity)
- 3.18 Test E11 — Backfill/shuffle invariance (U/W)
- 3.19 Test E12 — Near-zero division guard (M2 + policy)
4. OPERATIONAL PLAYBOOKS — Domain Recipes & Calculator-Fast Examples
- 4.1–4.20 Domain recipes (automotive, EV BMS, drives/robotics, power electronics, UAV, data centers, telecom, manufacturing, PV/wind, healthcare ops, analytics/finance, cybersecurity/ops, rail/metro, maritime, buildings/HVAC, water/utilities, additive manufacturing, AR/VR/XR, payments/fraud, satellite ops)
- 4.21 The universal pilot recipe (copy once, use everywhere)
- 4.22 What “works everywhere” really means
- 4.23 Quick calculator checklist (replicate any example)
- 4.24 Tiny ready-reckoner (common values)
5. DEPLOYMENT — Rollout and Operations
- 5.1 Rollout modes
- 5.2 Week-1 pilot blueprint
- 5.3 KPIs to measure (tie to money/time/risk)
- 5.4 Band design (simple, monotone, auditable)
- 5.5 Telemetry and stamping (trust by default)
- 5.6 Readiness checklist (must-pass before promotion)
- 5.7 Safety gates (promotion ladder)
- 5.8 Change management (knobs and versions)
- 5.9 Fallback and rollback
- 5.10 Integration patterns (minimal friction)
- 5.11 Ops playbook (ten safe levers)
- 5.12 Example deployment timeline (30/60/90 days)
- 5.13 Documentation packets (ship with each release)
6. ECONOMICS — Thresholds, ROI, and Scaling
- 6.1 Why this creates bankable savings
- 6.2 Universal levers
- 6.3 $5M/year threshold pairs (arithmetic only)
- 6.4 Adoption scaling (pilot → portfolio)
- 6.5 CFO worksheet (one-page)
- 6.6 Quick examples (sanity checks)
- 6.7 Pairing with SSM-Clock Stamp (additive savings)
- 6.8 Setting and defending x% savings
- 6.9 Guardrails (finance)
- 6.10 Executive talking points
7. SILICON — IP Blocks, ISA, and Bring-Up
- 7.1 Targets and philosophy
- 7.2 Block diagram (two-lane datapath)
- 7.3 SSM-ALU pipeline (3 stages)
- 7.4 SSACC tile (streaming, order-invariant)
- 7.5 ISA-like operations (scalar → SIMD)
- 7.6 Register map (MMIO)
- 7.7 Nonlinear units (tanh/atanh) — LUT + poly
- 7.8 Timing and area (targets)
- 7.9 Quantization guidance (first-order)
- 7.10 Reset, exceptions, clamp discipline
- 7.11 Silicon bring-up plan (lab recipe)
- 7.12 Integration patterns
- 7.13 Packaging and IP handoff
- 7.14 Migration to full tiles & inference blocks
- 7.15 Power budgeting worksheet
- 7.16 Formal properties (prove once, reuse)
8. READINESS — Checklists, Manifests, and QA Templates
- 8.1 Organizational readiness checklist
- 8.2 Numeric readiness checklist
- 8.3 ASCII manifest template
- 8.4 CSV logging schema (minimum)
- 8.5 Band policy template
- 8.6 CI gates and tolerances
- 8.7 Week-1 pilot packet
- 8.8 Safety case outline
- 8.9 Audit and stamping workflow
- 8.10 Go/no-go board checklist
9. SOFTWARE REFERENCE — Minimal API and Quickstart
- 9.1 Data type and invariants
- 9.2 Minimal API (pseudocode)
- 9.3 One-minute quickstart (spreadsheet/REPL)
- 9.4 Reference knobs (defaults)
- 9.5 Error budgeting (first-order)
- 9.6 Python (drop-in)
- 9.7 C (drop-in)
- 9.8 Rust (drop-in)
- 9.9 Minimal unit tests
- 9.10 I/O sketches and templates
- 9.11 Common gotchas (and fixes)
10. INTEROP — SSMS Ports, SSM-Clock Stamp, and Domain Stacks
- 10.1 SSMS as the connector contract
- 10.2 Logging and integrity with SSM-Clock Stamp
- 10.3 Pattern library for domains (drop-in)
- 10.4 Adapters and shims (ROS2, AUTOSAR, PLC, OPC UA, Kafka/TSDB)
- 10.5 Transport and schema contracts
- 10.6 Timekeeping, ordering, and backfills
- 10.7 Worked interop examples
- 10.8 Governance and change control
- 10.9 Interop QA — checklist
- 10.10 Minimal UI wiring (value + band)
11. DATASETS & REPRODUCTION — Generic Guidance (11)
11A. CASE STUDY — EV Battery Aging (11A)
11B. CASE STUDY — Turbofan Engines (11B)
11C. CASE STUDY — IMS Bearing Failures (11C)
11D. CASE STUDY — PMSM Drive Telemetry (11D)
12. ROADMAP — Software Today, Silicon Tomorrow
- 12.1 Near-term (0–3 months)
- 12.2 Mid-term (3–9 months)
- 12.3 Longer-term (9–18 months)
- 12.4 Milestones and deliverables (ASCII)
- 12.5 Risks and mitigations
- 12.6 Phase gates (Go/No-Go)
13. ETHICS, SCOPE, AND LIMITATIONS
- 13.1 Observation-first
- 13.2 Not a diagnostic or oracle
- 13.3 Clamp discipline and transparency
- 13.4 Safety promotion
- 13.5 Data governance, privacy, retention
- 13.6 Bias, drift, distribution shift
- 13.7 Adversarial and failure modes
- 13.8 Prohibited uses (during pilots)
- 13.9 Incident response and rollback
- 13.10 Limitations (quick list)
- 13.11 Ethical UX guidance
- 13.12 Standards and safety cases
- 13.13 Ethics checklist