Directory of Reversible Resources

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Reversible or adiabatic computing/logic uses processors that can reconstruct a prior state of a computation, from a later state; they are time-invertible, can produce time-reversed version of a process; run it backwards. The main reason to do this to save energy, and lower heat output, by using thermodynamically reversible, energy-recovering circuits and devices. This is a research area which is gaining interest (heating up), as processors grow smaller and faster, and thus hotter per unit area.

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• Josie Ammer's Page

  http://bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu/People/Grad_Students/mjammer/projects.htm
  Ph.D. researcher on low power synchronization for wireless communication. References, links.

• Reversible Computing

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_computing
  Growing article, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]

• Reversible Logic

  http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/reversible.html
  Brief introduction to topic, nanotechnology context; links. By researcher Ralph Merkle. [Zyvex Corp.]

• The Reversible and Quantum Computing Group: Revcomp

  http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/revcomp/
  Studies all aspects of topic: basic science, fundamental physics, to practical engineering, high-level distributed software programs. Group background includes developing 4 pioneering reversible CMOS chips in prior work at MIT.

• What is Reversible Computing?

  http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-reversible-computing.htm
  Brief clear explanation.

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