Branches emanating from the trunk are defined as order one branch. Generally, each axis branches once a year, except when the tree has reached maturity. The probability of branching decreases as the order of the branches increases. In most cases, the number of branches is of order five to nine. The processing nodes send information to each other via the routers and communications link that are located above them.
Commercial supercomputers contain thousands of processing nodes.
As the number of processing nodes increases, the phytocomputer will become more efficient.