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Bit reset protocols that obey activity-constrained speed limits do not minimize work for a given speed
Daan Mulder, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Pieter Rein ten Wolde
The goal of thermodynamic optimal control theory is to find protocols to change the state of a system from an initial to a desired final distribution, within a finite time, with th…
Exploiting bias in optimal finite-time copying protocols
Daan Mulder, Pieter Rein ten Wolde, Thomas E. Ouldridge
We study a finite-time cyclic copy protocol that creates persisting correlations between a memory and a data bit. The average work to copy the two states of the data bit consists o…
Is stochastic thermodynamics the key to understanding the energy costs of computation?
David Wolpert, Jan Korbel, Christopher Lynn +16
The relationship between the thermodynamic and computational characteristics of dynamical physical systems has been a major theoretical interest since at least the 19th century, an…
Thermodynamics of deterministic finite automata operating locally and periodically
Thomas E. Ouldridge, David H. Wolpert
Real-world computers have operational constraints that cause nonzero entropy production (EP). In particular, almost all real-world computers are ``periodic'', iteratively undergoin…
What would it take to build a thermodynamically reversible Universal Turing machine? Computational and thermodynamic constraints in a molecular design
Rory A. Brittain, Nick S. Jones, Thomas E. Ouldridge
We outline the construction of a molecular system that could, in principle, implement a thermodynamically reversible Universal Turing Machine (UTM). By proposing a concrete-albeit…
The power of being explicit: demystifying work, heat, and free energy in the physics of computation
Thomas E Ouldridge, Rory A. Brittain, Pieter Rein ten Wolde
Interest in the thermodynamics of computation has revived in recent years, driven by developments in science, economics and technology. Given the consequences of the growing demand…