The link between information-theoretic entropy and thermodynamic entropy is particularly interesting in light of reversible logic. Irreversible logic destroys i

The link between information-theoretic entropy and thermodynamic entropy is particularly interesting in light of reversible logic. Irreversible logic destroys information, and thus physical implementations of irreversible logic gates must produce waste heat in proportion to the information thrown away. Reversible logic, on the other hand, could in principle consume dramatically less power- proportional to the inputs and outputs of the system rather than the complexity of the logic networks.