In a typical step in the CPU of a computer, a 32-bit register is overwritten with the

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In a typical step in the CPU of a computer, a 32-bit register is overwritten with the result of an operation. The original values of the 32 bits are lost. Since the laws of physics are reversible, this information is added to the environment as entropy. For a computer running at 300K that carries out 1011 operations per second, give a lower bound on the power requirement using the second law of thermodynamics.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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