DARPA targets next generation vacuum tubes that will create electronics that are harder to jam. April 7, 2017 August 11, 2015 by Brian Wang. ... (TWTs), klystrons, crossed-field amplifiers, magnetrons ...

A visit to the primordial vacuum tube computer, Colossus at Bletchley Park, UK, led [Mike] on the path towards designing an entirely new one. He thinks it’s the first to see the light of day in ...

The Vacuum Tube A vacuum tube is just that: a glass tube surrounding a vacuum (an area from which all gases have been removed). What makes it interesting is that when electrical contacts are put ...

Vacuum tubes are also at the heart of every long-range radar system used in military and civilian air tracking systems. According to DARPA, there are over 200,000 VEDs used by the US Department of ...

The venerable vacuum tube is due to take retirement. Though solid-state electronics overtook the venerable vacuum tube more than 60 years ago, more than 200,000 Department of Defense devices use ...

Unlike some tube-based synths, Mars doesn't rely on vacuum tubes to generate sound. Instead, it's a hybrid instrument that features digital oscillators based on the R-2R TDA 1387, a vintage digital-to ...