Temporal Chains

⏱️ TEMPORAL_CHAIN (RegionId.TEMPORAL_CHAIN, ID: 15)

Memory layout for nodes in the temporal causal chain.

Overview¶

Property	Value
Bundle	`runtime.bundle`
Memory Shape	ChainMemory
Layout Class	`TemporalLayout`
Store Class	`TemporalChainMemory`
Record Stride	16 bytes
Cache-Line Aligned	No

Wire Diagram (16 Bytes)¶

 0                   1                   2                   3
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|          prevIdx (4B)         |          nextIdx (4B)         |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|         sessionId (4B)        |          epochSec (4B)        |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Field Specifications¶

Offset	Size	Field Name	Type	Description
`0x00`	4	`prevIdx`	int	Index of previous node in chain
`0x04`	4	`nextIdx`	int	Index of next node in chain
`0x08`	4	`sessionId`	int	Cognitive session identifier
`0x0C`	4	`epochSec`	int	Second-level precision timestamp

Access Patterns & Concurrency¶

Managed as a doubly-linked list structure mapped over dense off-heap memory arrays. Allows chronological and reverse-chronological traversal of memory formations.

Cognitive Role¶

Embeds memories in continuous time, supporting timeline recall, causal chain inference, and episodic sequence reconstruction.