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Landauer limit

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A theoretical lower limit on the energy consumption of a computation, derived from Landauer's principle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, information-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences

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  • 2012, Rolf Drechsler, Robert Wille, Reversible Circuits: Recent Accomplishments and Future Challenges for an Emerging Technology, Hafizur Rahaman, Sanatan Chattopadhyay, Santanu Chattopadhyay (editors), Progress in VLSI Design and Test: 16th International Symposium, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 7373, page 385, The figure shows that today's technology is still a factor of 1,000 away from the Landauer limit and that the expected CMOS development will reduce this to a factor of 100 within the next 10 years.

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Etymology

After Landauer's principle, named after German-American physicist Rolf Landauer.