An Explanation of the Landauer bound and its ineffectiveness with regard to multivalued logic

We discuss, using recent results on the thermodynamics of multivalued logic, the difficulties and pitfalls of how to apply the Landauer’s principle to thermodynamic computer memory models. The presentation is based on Szilard’s version of Maxwell’s demon experiment and use of equilibrium Thermodynam...

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Main Authors: Kycia Radosław A., Niemczynowcz Agnieszka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-01-01
Series:Technical Transactions
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2020042