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Officials say the same core technology could eventually support space launch systems and vacuum tube transport concepts.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
The transistors were smaller, used less power and generated less heat than previous vacuum tubes.
—Christopher Howley, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The most imposing of these was a Burroughs Datatron 205, a computer first manufactured in the mid-1950s and based on vacuum tubes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
The intent of their research effort was to develop a technology to replace vacuum tubes that powered communications networks.
—Scott D. Anthony, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
The transistors were smaller, used less power and generated less heat than previous vacuum tubes.
—Christopher Howley, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The most imposing of these was a Burroughs Datatron 205, a computer first manufactured in the mid-1950s and based on vacuum tubes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
The intent of their research effort was to develop a technology to replace vacuum tubes that powered communications networks.
—Scott D. Anthony, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Vacuum tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20tube. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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