Rolf Landauer of IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Labs discovered that computers only need to dissipate heat when information is lost (for example, a NOT does not lose any, i.e., it is reversible, while an AND is not).
Rolf Landauer of IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Labs discovered that computers only need to dissipate heat when information is lost (for example, a NOT does not lose any, i.e., it is reversible, while an AND is not).