Thermodynamic binary computers use two states: one and zero (1,0).
Like a regular computer. The biggest differences. Between regular and thermodynamic computers. It is Thermodynamic computers. They use natural electromagnetic noise for computing. Those systems. They could bring quantum computers to our desks.
Thermodynamic computer model. It could be two windmills. Those two windmills are one and two in the binary system. While the windmill. One spins. It sends one. And when windmill two spins, it sends zero. We could try. To break those windmills when we want to send one or zero. We could pull them down. If. We want to use another windmill to send another number. One or zero. And those things require energy.
In this case. We want to control the transmitter. But if we want to control the data flow. Everything becomes easier. We could use a switch that connects and disconnects those windmills. If. The system sends one. We separate the zero windmill from the line. And when the system sends one, we separate the line that sends zero from the main line.
Thermodynamic computers could be the next step for computing. Traditional computers try to eliminate electromagnetic noise. Thermodynamic computers. They benefit from the natural electromagnetic noise.
In this case. The computer uses electromagnetic noise as a signal carrier. The system acts similarly. Like a person yells into a tailwind. The natural wave carries information. The only problem is how to make the binary system separate one and zero.
This decreases the energy use of that system. The natural electromagnetic wave acts as a carrier wave. That wave acts as a carrier that transports information. But this is only one of the models of thermodynamic computers. Another version is to create a photonic computer that uses natural light. The model is like this. The electromagnetic radiation is like wind.
The light travels in a tube. And the brightness determines how the photovoltaic cells and their computers read that signal. Dimmer light means zero, and brighter means one. The lightweight version is that those systems use a dimmer. There, the system dims the light route by using a dimmer. When it needs to transmit zero. The dimmer is turned off. The system transmits one.
There is a possibility. To transform those routes into energy flows by using two flaps. Infrared. Or visible light travels in the channel. The system closes the route when it must send one. Which. Means zero. And when the system sends zero. It closes the route that sends one. This wild vision could also work by using natural light and two tubes. There. The system can close the route from a number that is not sent.
Another model is like a mechanical computer that uses water flow. There are two layers; the system conducts water. The first layer is one, and the second layer is zero. A mark itself. It can require brackets. That tells when the next mark begins. This is important for cases. There, the system must send two zeros or two ones in a row. Those brackets. They are not important for the paper. But in digital transmission, the system must know. If. There are two zeros in a row.
There are multiple versions of that mechanical water computer. The system can use two routes. Route one. It is one, and route 2 is zero. When the first layer moves, it can write a line on the paper. And the second one writes a point. This helps to detect which mark is one. And which is zero. This is a model. We could replace that paper with laser beams. Or we can replace those channels by using different information carriers.
The third thing that the system must know is this. When. the system is shutting down. The system must get a warning. The answer could be the digital button. That button activates the program. That activates the switch-off routine.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/thermodynamic-computers-go-with-the-energy-flow-20260715/















