Landauer's principle, often regarded as the basic principle of the thermodynamics of
information processing, holds that any logically irreversible manipulation of information …

Landauer's principle is the loosely formulated notion that the erasure of n bits of information
must always incur a cost of klnn in thermodynamic entropy. It can be formulated as a precise …

Computers may be thought of as engines for transforming free energy into waste heat and
mathematical work. Existing electronic computers dissipate energy vastly in excess of the …

There has recently been a good deal of controversy about Landauer's Principle, which is
often stated as follows: the erasure of one bit of information in a computational device is …

Landauer's Principle asserts that there is an unavoidable cost in thermodynamic entropy
creation when data is erased. It is usually derived from incorrect assumptions, most notably …

We review and investigate the general theory of the thermodynamics of computation, and
derive the fundamental inequalities that set the lower bounds of the work requirement and …

This article discusses the concept of information and its intimate relationship with physics.
After an introduction of all the necessary quantum mechanical and information theoretical …

The heat generated by computations is not only an obstacle to circuit miniaturization but also
a fundamental aspect of the relationship between information theory and thermodynamics …

Irreversible information processing cannot be carried out without some inevitable
thermodynamical work cost. This fundamental restriction, known as Landauer's principle, is …

About 120 years ago, James Clerk Maxwell introduced his now legendary hypothetical"
demon" as a challenge to the integrity of the second law of thermodynamics. Fascination …