Landauer's principle

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo computing
information processing
gptkbp:category information science
physics
gptkbp:field gptkb:information_theory
thermodynamics
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Rolf_Landauer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Landauer's principle
gptkbp:implies sets a lower bound on energy consumption of computation
gptkbp:kraj gptkb:Boltzmann_constant
gptkbp:minimumEnergyDissipation kT ln 2 per bit erased
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:IBM_Journal_of_Research_and_Development
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Maxwell's_demon
gptkb:Shannon_entropy
thermodynamic entropy
gptkbp:state erasure of information is a thermodynamically irreversible process
erasure of one bit of information increases entropy
gptkbp:TDP temperature of the heat reservoir
gptkbp:yearProposed 1961
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maxwell's_demon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5