The last major vacuum tube retirement was the long-lasting cathode ray tube (CRT). In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the CRT finally gave way to the LCD/LED and other flat panel displays in video ...

For most of us, electronic technology comes in the form of solid state devices. Transistors, integrated circuits, microcontrollers. But for the first sixty years or so of the field existing, these … ...

Vacuum tube amplifiers just won’t go away. I am speaking more of audio vacuum tube amps than I am of microwave amps like magnetrons, klystrons, TWTs and the like.& ...

Culminating a year-long project, [Usagi Electric] aka [David] has just wrapped up his single-bit vacuum tube computer.It is based on the Motorola MC14500 1-bit industrial controller, but since ...

The vacuum tube. You might remember it from the first time humans invented it, way back in 1904. Yes, the vacuum tube, hallmark of early 20th century electronics and CRT TVs, may be making a comeback.

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.

Charles Whitener holds a vacuum tube manufactured by Western Electric. Whitener grew up in Rome and Dalton, Ga., lived for 22 years in Atlanta and now calls Lookout Mountain, Ga., home.

But DARPA wants to develop next generation vacuum tube electronics that prove the technology is far, far from dead. DARPAs's new Innovative Vacuum Electronic Science and Technology ...

Western Electric, which specializes in tubes for high-end stereos and the like – one tube can cost around $700 – is asking for feedback from buyers on its website.