Synthetic population cap is still a global variable, each power matrix built gives a max population increase to all worlds. This gets just ridiculous on large maps, on my insane map playing leisurely I quickly got up to 48 cap and haven't even gotten to fast assembly yet.
I haven't checked on whether assembly stops building past the cap because I haven't gotten close to the cap yet.
I'm still playing without resources and antimatter is still appearing near black holes.