Recent advances in the formulation of the second law of thermodynamics have rekindled interest in the connections between statistical mechanics and information processing. Now a 'Brownian computer' has approached the theoretical limits set by the rejuvenated second law. Or has it?
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Van den Broeck, C. Bits for less or more for bits?. Nature Phys 6, 937–938 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1834
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