Throughout this reality, we’ve recognised that different technologies require different manufacturing techniques and logistics..

In summary, Chips allow us many different perspectives on parts of a project.And crucially, they provide the common language for communication between all the different people involved in executing that project..

Improving pharmaceutical facility design with Chips, generative design and automation.We are now using chips as the basis of generative designs to allow us to automate the design process.In this context, generative design means using computers to assemble designs based on a set of rules, components and input parameters.

We generate very large numbers of options for a particular design requirement, and then get humans back in to look at those critically.. We can generate many more options using automation.Sometimes we find something which human expertise has not spotted.

Generative design can create unexpected options with high value.. We are now working on making Chips available to very large numbers of users through a web interface, to use generative design for pharmaceutical plants.

We are also associating process simulation data with those Chips, so that we can look at throughput, and use throughput to define what Chips we need..The possibility of digitising our built environment clearly holds the potential for a wide array of valuable benefits.

Miranda Sharp has been working on a demonstrator project focused on information share between utility providers in order to facilitate better decision making.She says that sharing data in this way could have a significant impact on our progress towards net zero.

Another example is Gavin Stark’s Icebreaker One project, which seeks to improve efficiency in data sharing.One challenge surrounding the issue is that bilateral sharing arrangements can actually create a significant amount of difficulty for other people.