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SUMMARY:Reversible computing - Dan Chi Pham\, Lucy Cavendish College
DTSTART:20150204T190000Z
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CONTACT:Matthew Ireland
DESCRIPTION:One of the greatest limitations in processor design today is e
 nergy efficiency or rather\, the lack thereof\; we simply cannot provide e
 nough power to our increasing number of transistors.\n\nHowever\, it need 
 not be that way. Reversible computing to the rescue! With a little help fr
 om thermodynamics\, this model of computation can - in theory - provide fu
 lly optimal energy usage. There is just one tiny problem: nobody has actua
 lly been able to implement it practically.\n\nIn this talk\, I will explai
 n the idea behind reversible computing\, dive into some of the challenges 
 in implementing it\, and discuss why I am not writing this from my sweet n
 ew reversible computer.
LOCATION:Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College
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