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 ...

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 ...

In today's world, vacuum tubes or radio valves seem as dead as high button shoes and buggy whips, but DARPA sees them as very much the technology of the future. As part of a new program, the agency is ...

The transistor revolutionized the world and made the abundant computing we now rely on a possibility, but before the transistor, there was the vacuum tube. Large, hot, power hungry, and prone to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A research group led by Hong Koo Kim at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. McIntosh is the kind of high-end audio brand that most ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Samsung has announced two new audio docks (with iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Galaxy S connectivity) and three new home ...

EASTHAMPTON — In a world ruled by the microchip, David Mell’s customers at Viva Tubes crave the soft electric hum and warm audio tone of the old-fashioned analog vacuum tube. Tubes — simple devices ...

SELAH, Wash. (AP) - As spring chinook make their way up the Yakima River this year, a select few are taking an unusual route: through new vacuum tube technology being tested at Roza Dam. The Yakama ...

SōLIS, an audio brand that has been around for four decades, is constantly evolving. Many of its current offerings pair with Google Home and Chromecast devices and it made a nice showing at CES with ...