  We prove that statistical information theoretic quantities, such as
information entropy, cannot generally be interrelated with the lower limit of
energy dissipation during information erasure. We also point out that, in
deterministic and error-free computers, the information entropy of memories
does not change during erasure because its value is always zero. On the other
hand, for information-theoretic erasure - i.e., "thermalization" /
randomization of the memory - the originally zero information entropy (with
deterministic data in the memory) changes after erasure to its maximum value, 1
bit / memory bit, while the energy dissipation is still positive, even at
parameters for which the thermodynamic entropy within the memory cell does not
change. Information entropy does not convert to thermodynamic entropy and to
the related energy dissipation; they are quantities of different physical
nature. Possible specific observations (if any) indicating convertibility are
at most fortuitous and due to the disregard of additional processes that are
present.
