Deeper Instrument Budget Scans

PCR Cycle-Milestone Three-Row Scan

More ideal cycles multiply the same starting copy count by larger powers of two. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

highlighted = computed this step

Cycle count controls the doubling multiplier

Start count stays 1. The scan changes the number of ideal cycles and records the multiplier before the final copy count.

N=Nstart⋅2cN=N_{\text{start}}\cdot 2^c
PCR cycle ladderIdeal cycle stages are shown without claiming chemistry kinetics.copiesideal doubling

More cycles multiply the same starting count

The rows are still an ideal early-cycle model. Real PCR saturates; the table is only the exact doubling budget.

cmultiplierN41616664648256256\begin{array}{c|c|c}c&\text{multiplier}&N\\4&16&16\\6&64&64\\8&256&256\end{array}
PCR cycle ladderIdeal cycle stages are shown without claiming chemistry kinetics.copiesideal doubling

Six ideal cycles make sixty-four copies

For the rendered row, 6 ideal cycles give 64 copies.

1⋅26=641\cdot 2^{6}=64
PCR cycle ladderIdeal cycle stages are shown without claiming chemistry kinetics.copiesideal doubling