Economics & Finance
System Integration & Marginal Cost Reduction
When multiple independent subsystems (power supply, heat dissipation, scheduling, energy storage) transition from serial integration to parallel coordination, marginal costs decline non-linearly—because conversion losses between subsystems are eliminated, synchronized scheduling creates economies of scale, and standardization unlocks cost premiums through prefabrication. This is not about improving individual subsystems, but redesigning system boundaries.
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