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Energy dissipation of computational processes

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Il Nuovo Cimento B (1971-1996)

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We modify an ideal computer model, Bennett’s «Brownian Turing machine», in order to show that logically irreversible operations can be executed with an arbitrarily small energy dissipation per bit.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Belzoni 7, I-35131, Padova, Italia

    G. Nardiello

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Nardiello, G. Energy dissipation of computational processes. Il Nuovo Cimento B 108, 943–946 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02828740

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