On the capacity of write-unidirectional memories. (English) Zbl 0662.94009
We present a brief survey, a few results and open problems on the capacity of a write-unidirectional memory (WUM). We point out some connections with various channels (binary switching and binary adder ones) and with questions in extremal set theory.
MSC:
94A40 | Channel models (including quantum) in information and communication theory |