Thermodynamics: The fridge gate
Abstract
Logic gates are the elementary building blocks of computers. The finding that a single logic gate may drive a refrigerator is a beautiful demonstration that information-processing devices can have useful thermodynamic properties.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- February 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1038/482164a
- Bibcode:
- 2012Natur.482..164R