Thermodynamics of quasideterministic digital computers.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.022121
Abstract: A central result of stochastic thermodynamics is that irreversible state transitions of Markovian systems entail a cost in terms of an infinite entropy production. A corollary of this is that strictly deterministic computation is not… read more here.
Keywords: computation; thermodynamics; thermodynamics quasideterministic; quasideterministic digital ... See more keywords
Konrad Zuse and Heinrich Billing: Masterminds of Early German Digital Computers
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DOI: 10.1109/mitp.2019.2913113
Abstract: Discusses the work of Konrad Zuse and Heinrich Billing: two German pioneers of digital computers. Zuse (1910–1995) used telephone relays as opposed to vacuum tubes as the active computing elements in his early Z-series computers,… read more here.
Keywords: konrad zuse; digital computers; heinrich billing; zuse heinrich ... See more keywords