PCR Chips Are Timed Thermal Work

Parallel Well Throughput

wells times cycles

Parallel wells multiply controlled thermal work units. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

highlighted = computed this step

Parallel wells are counted

The chip has 4 rows and 3 columns, so it has 12 wells.

Nwells=4⋅3=12N_{\text{wells}}=4\cdot3=12
Indexed throughputIndexed measurements become exact count budgets.indexed readout

Well cycles multiply controlled work

With 6 cycles, the chip runs 72 well-cycles. Molecular yield is not claimed.

Nwell cycles=12⋅6=72N_{\text{well cycles}}=12\cdot6=72
Indexed throughputIndexed measurements become exact count budgets.indexed readout