Entropy and Computation: The Landauer-Bennett Thesis Reexamined
The so-called Landauer-Bennett thesis says that logically irreversible operations (physically implemented) such as erasure necessarily involve dissipation by at least kln2 per bit of lost information. We identify the physical conditions that are necessary and sufficient for erasure and show that the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-08-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/8/3297 |