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> Does it imply the computer would not give off heat? The implication goes the other way: if the computer does not give off heat, it must be reversible.

• sadgit 9y ago
  So, in a sense, heat is unrecoverable information.
  • hcs 9y ago
    In some sense that seems to be true. But I just meant that while it's easy to make a reversible circuit, no tech we have today can make it as energy efficient as might be theoretically possible.