CS 290N
Reversible Computing
Problem Set 4

Discussion questions for Nanowire-based memory
Presented by Vietor Davis

1)Why is logically reversible computing desirable?

2)What does entropy have to do with computing in a reversible manner?

3)Does reversible computing require programmers to program differently?

4)How is the problem of providing and disposing of source and sink bits resolved?



Please e-mail the answers to the above questions to me (chong@cs.ucsb.edu)
BEFORE class.