[NJARC] ICYMI Vacuum tubes are the new transistors

Alex Magoun a.b.magoun at ieee.org
Wed Jun 8 12:18:21 EDT 2016


Research at Cal Tech suggests that vacuum tubes--really, really small
vacuum tubes--may solve the growing logjam as Moore's Law approaches
absolute limits:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/technology/smaller-chips-may-depend-on-technology-from-grandmas-radio.html?_r=0
.

Alex
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