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Quantum knowledge cools computers: New understanding of entropy |
June 02, 2011
From a laptop warming a knee to a supercomputer heating a room, the fact that computers generate heat is familiar to everyone. But theoretical physicists have discovered something astonishing: not only do computational processes sometimes generate no heat, under certain conditions they can even have a cooling effect. Behind this finding are fundamental considerations relating to knowledge and a lack of knowledge.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110601134300.htm
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