Quantized Vacuum Architecture: Emergent Gravity, Quantum Fields, and Measurement from a Logical Registry of Planck-Scale Voxels

Abstract We present the Quantized Vacuum Architecture (QVA), a discrete logical manifold of Planck-scale voxels executing deterministic vector fields under the fixed information-transfer budget (c² = v² + vₜ²) established in the companion paper (Long 2026a). Gravity, quantum fields, and measurement emerge directly from voxel-to-voxel updates without assuming spacetime curvature or ontological superposition. We derive the Newtonian limit, full Einstein field equations (entropic holographic screens + Optical Kerr mechanism), the complete set of quantum field equations (Klein-Gordon, Maxwell, Dirac), and a finite graviton propagator from first principles. We further demonstrate that the Standard Model gauge group SU(3)_c × SU(2)_L × U(1)_Y arises from three independent structural features of the cubic registry, and that the Higgs mechanism follows from the Kerr self-interaction of the scalar registry mode. The companion paper applies the same registry to cosmology, deriving quantized vacuum attenuation and resolving the Hubble tension and JWST anomalies. Open problems in the particle sector including the Higgs vacuum expectation value, the fermion mass hierarchy, and the number of generations are precisely identified as priorities for future work.