ronl
11-25-2016, 02:12 AM
Hi Members-hopfully this is the correct forum to post this.
just saw this story that vacuum tubes are back.
will work upto 460 gig. they claim it is faster than solid state since electrons are traveling through near vacuum instead of substrates.no heater needed.
see story here.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185027-the-vacuum-tube-strikes-back-nasas-tiny-460ghz-vacuum-transistor-that-could-one-day-replace-silicon-fets
RonL
just saw this story that vacuum tubes are back.
will work upto 460 gig. they claim it is faster than solid state since electrons are traveling through near vacuum instead of substrates.no heater needed.
see story here.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185027-the-vacuum-tube-strikes-back-nasas-tiny-460ghz-vacuum-transistor-that-could-one-day-replace-silicon-fets
RonL