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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: apelly on November 30, 2015, 03:11:36 am

Title: The Quest for the Ultimate Vacuum Tube
Post by: apelly on November 30, 2015, 03:11:36 am
Edit: Just saw this thread: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/tubes-in-the-ieee-spectrum/ (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/tubes-in-the-ieee-spectrum/)

Oops

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Stumbled on this by way of slashdot. It's a few days old by now, but I haven't seen it mentioned here. Interesting enough article.

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Not that we have a, er, chip on our shoulder, but in what ways are tubes superior? Let’s review.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/the-quest-for-the-ultimate-vacuum-tube (http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/the-quest-for-the-ultimate-vacuum-tube)