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Thermodynamic budgets. Thermodynamic and energy accounting Tagged papers: 58.
The Margolus-Levitin Bound as an Energy-Time Limit for Quantum Computation at the Landauer Scale: Derivation, Saturation Analysis, and a Joules-per-Compute Normalization for Cryogenic Controllers
Quantum speed limits bound how fast a quantum state can evolve, and the Margolus-Levitin (ML) bound sets the canonical floor: a system with mean energy $\langle H\rangle$ above its ground state needs at least $\tau \ge \pi\hbar/(2\langle H\rangle)$ to reach an orthogonal state. Hardware teams…
Landauer-Limit Energy Floor and JPCUB Normalization for Cryogenic Quantum Control Electronics
Cryogenic quantum control electronics dissipate energy many orders of magnitude above the thermodynamic minimum implied by Landauer's principle, and the gap matters for the joules-per-compute economics of fault-tolerant machines. This paper computes the Landauer floor for a rotated surface-code…
The Joules-per-Solution Metric: Definition, Measurement Protocol, and Anti-Gaming Provisions for Honest Computational Benchmarking
The global computational infrastructure spans seven distinct paradigms — from classical CPUs to quantum processors, from AI accelerators to neuromorphic chips — yet no universal metric exists for comparing their computational value. Every paradigm benchmarks itself on its own terms: quantum volume…
The Physics of Computation: Fundamental Limits and the Honest Boundaries of Post-Classical Computing
Phase III of the Qubit Delusion series. Examines fundamental physical limits on computation: Landauer bound, Margolus-Levitin theorem, Bremermann limit, Bekenstein bound. Shows that quantum error-correction overhead (1e2-1e3 physical operations per logical operation) multiplies thermodynamic cost…
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