Thermodynamics of computation: A quest to find the cost of running a Turing machine

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 18:20 in Mathematics & Economics

Turing machines are widely believed to be universal, in the sense that any computation done by any system can also be done by a Turing machine. In a new article, researchers present their work exploring the energetic costs of computation within the context of Turing machines.

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