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ninjasaid13 t1_ius4iqo wrote

The physical limits of computing is:

> At 20 °C (room temperature, or 293.15 K), the Landauer limit represents an energy of approximately 0.0175 eV, or 2.805 zJ. Theoretically, room-temperature computer memory operating at the Landauer limit could be changed at a rate of one billion bits per second (1 Gbit/s) with energy being converted to heat in the memory media at the rate of only 2.805 trillionths of a watt (that is, at a rate of only 2.805 pJ/s).

Which means trillions of times less power than a lightbulb for a gigabyte internet is the theoretical limit.

Maybe zettabit/s computing power on a lightbulb of energy.

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blueSGL t1_ius7e2x wrote

Started reading the comment thinking that you were explaining why it's not going to be possible, finished reading the comment happy that we are no where near the theoretical limits and that there is a massive amount of ground still to cover.

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