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There is even more room at the top. The physical limits are as follows. A computer "with a mass of one kilogram confined to a volume of a liter" can perform at
by P-NP 6y ago
There is even more room at the top. The physical limits are as follows. A computer "with a mass of one kilogram confined to a volume of a liter" can perform at most 2:71 * 10^50 operations per second on 2.13*10^31 bits. See:
Lloyd, S. Ultimate physical limits to computation. Nature volume 406, 1047–1054 (2000)
Bremermann, H. J. Minimum energy requirements of information transfer and computing. Int. J. Theor. Phys. 21, 203–217 (1982)
Bekenstein, J. D. Energy cost of information transfer. Phys. Rev. Lett. 46, 623–626 (1981)
- reedwolf 6y agoFrom what I recall, that ultimate computer would have to be exploding to reach 10^50 operations.
- P-NP 6y agoIt would become very hot indeed. But that does not necessarily imply a runaway explosion. Just like the center of the sun won't explode anytime soon. Nevertheless, I'll take the much cooler model with only 10^44 operations per second.