One of the topics we've covered multiple times at ExtremeTech is the difficulty of continuing to scale semiconductor technology, and the related problem of improving chip performance without ...

The transistor is one of the most profound innovations in all of human existence. First discovered in 1947, it has scaled like no advance in human history; we can pack billions of transistors into ...

A new type of transistor is being developed by scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center that meshes together the best aspect of semiconductors and traditional vacuum-tube technology. This ...

For decades, computer components have been getting smaller, even as their capabilities have grown by leaps and bounds. However, this process has started to slow down over the last few years — and it ...

A vacuum tube, known as the first electronic device, is used to switch, amplify, or commutate electric signals. In the past, vacuum tubes functioned as a main part of a diverse range of electronic ...

On this 60 th anniversary of the first issue of EDN, we look back to 1956 when the vacuum tube was at its maturity and transistors were about to begin their domination. The vacuum tube features of ...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Before there was the transistor, there was the tube. Lots of them. Televisions, radios — if it was electronic, it had a tube in it. Then, in the 1950s and 60s, transistors ...

It may not be to everyone's taste, but this brand new monobloc amplifier from McIntosh cleverly blends both vacuum tube and solid-state technology in one chassis. If you’re not a serious audiophile ...

Vacuum tubes disappeared from electronic products years ago. Yet there have been some lingering vacuum tube-based products in production. Vacuum tubes disappeared from electronic products years ago.

One of the topics we've covered multiple times at ExtremeTech is the difficulty of continuing to scale semiconductor technology, and the related problem of improving chip performance without ...