Title :
The minimum energy for a one bit computation: A proof of the Landauer limit
Author :
Mey, G. De ; Vos, A. De
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Ghent, Ghent
Abstract :
This paper describes a design, based on adiabatic digital circuit approach, where the difference between an irreversible and a reversible logical use of a gate gives rise to the theoretical Landauer limit for a one bit computation.
Keywords :
computer power supplies; low-power electronics; power aware computing; Landauer limit; adiabatic digital circuit approach; irreversible-reversible logical use; one bit computation; Digital circuits; Electrons; Microelectronics; Physics; Pins; Power dissipation; Quantum computing; Temperature; Thermodynamics; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics, 2008. MIEL 2008. 26th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nis
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1882-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICMEL.2008.4559226
