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The Landauer principle applies to any computer made of matter utilizing energy (in a non-thermodynamically reversible fashion). So it applies just fine to biolo
by SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
The Landauer principle applies to any computer made of matter utilizing energy (in a non-thermodynamically reversible fashion). So it applies just fine to biological computers, quantum computers, and even mechanical computers! It's a result in quantum information theory, and doesn't have anything to do with the overall type of computer used. It just determines how much energy it takes to change the state of a quantum (particle), at a minimum. Things like changing the polarization of a photon or the spin of an electron.