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 …

We review the physical foundations of Landauer's Principle, which relates the loss of
information from a computational process to an increase in thermodynamic entropy. Despite …

One of the central concerns of computer science is how the resources needed to perform a
given computation depend on that computation. Moreover, one of the major resource …

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

In a recent paper [Stud. Hist. Philos. Mod. Phys. 36, 355 (2005)] it is argued that to properly
understand the thermodynamics of Landauer's principle it is necessary to extend the …

This paper makes a novel linkage between the multiple-computations theorem in philosophy
of mind and Landauer's principle in physics. The multiple-computations theorem implies that …

We review the history of the thermodynamics of information processing, beginning with the
paradox of Maxwell's demon; continuing through the efforts of Szilard, Brillouin, and others …

A remarkable thesis prevails in the physics of information, saying that the logical properties
of operations that are carried out by computers determine their physical properties. More …

We review the history of the thermodynamics of information processing, beginning with the
paradox of Maxwell's demon; continuing through the efforts of Szilard, Brillouin, and others …

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 …