Metabolic Ring: Tape Based Renewable System

Abstract

In previous papers, we proposed a metabolic computing model to realize sustainable information systems. We believe that this model has high fault tolerance and sustainability. We also proposed an architecture for the metabolic computing model based on a mesh connected NORMA, organized as several metaboloids. However, since this requires a complex delivery and recycling system, it is hard to implement. In this paper, we propose a metabolic ring, which is based on a metaboloid tape. We also discuss a possible architecture for the metabolic ring, which has a high probability of being realized.