Physical limits on information processing

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.08.018MaRDI QIDQ712819zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Stephen D. H. Hsu

Publication date 18 October 2012

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0607082

zbMATH Keywords

black hole entropyholographic principlePlanck units

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Quantum computation (81P68) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: We derive a fundamental upper bound on the rate at which a device can process information (i.e., the number of logical operations per unit time), arising from quantum mechanics and general relativity. In Planck units a device of volume V can execute no more than the cube root of V operations per unit time. We compare this to the rate of information processing performed by nature in the evolution of physical systems, and find a connection to black hole entropy and the holographic principle.

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