Signal entropy and the thermodynamics of computation

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 577-586

  Gershenfeld, N ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PHYSICAL LIMITS; SIGNAL ENTROPY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030411997     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.353.0577     Document Type: Article

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