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Fundamental Principle of Information-to-Energy Conversion

General Physics 2014-01-24 v1

Abstract

The equivalence of 1 bit of information to entropy was given by Landauer in 1961 as kln2, k the Boltzmann constant. Erasing information implies heat dissipation and the energy of 1 bit would then be (the Landauers limit) kT ln 2, T being the ambient temperature. From a quantum-cosmological point of view the minimum quantum of energy in the universe corresponds today to a temperature of 10^(-29) degrees K, probably forming a cosmic background of a Bose condensate [1]. Then, the bit with minimum energy today in the Universe is a quantum of energy 10^(-45)ergs, with an equivalent mass of 10^(-66)g. Low temperature implies low energy per bit and, of course, this is the way for faster and less energy dissipating computing devices. Our conjecture is this: the possibility of a future access to the CBBC (a coupling/channeling?) would mean a huge jump in the performance of these devices.

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@article{arxiv.1401.6052,
  title  = {Fundamental Principle of Information-to-Energy Conversion},
  author = {Antonio Alfonso-Faus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.6052},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

4 pages, Plenary Lecture WSEAS, published in "Recent Advances in Information Science", Proc. 7th European Computing Conference (EEC'13), Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 25-27, 2013