I would note that the magnetocaloric effect seems to embody the same effect. Where the order and disorder of the magnetic domains is changed by magnetization, that is erasing data right?!
So it is I guess a pretty robust effect as it is used to cool things already. On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 13:54, Jonathan Berry <jonathanberry3...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd never heard of that either, but a moment of Googling bought up these > as the first 2 results: > > > https://physicsworld.com/a/erasing-data-could-keep-quantum-computers-cool/#:~:text=A%20classical%20computer%20generates%20heat,unknown%20information%20in%20a%20system > . > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landauer%27s_principle > > On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 13:35, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 1:21 PM Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote >> >>> Yes, it is long >>> >> >> It's really not long. The presentation is the first half hour and the >> last is the Q&A session. It's all based on the Casimir effect. >> >> I would be interested on more on the claim he made about increased heat >> in computer systems when information is deleted. He acted like that was a >> proven fact. Anyone got a citation on such? >> >> TIA >> >
