
December 14th 09, 04:52 PM
posted to uk.rec.audio,rec.audio.tubes
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The price of valves
"Bob Eld" wrote
How about 450,000 transistors for $50 in a processor. That's $0.00011 per!
That level of integration makes our modern computerized world possible.
Imagine trying to do it with "fire bottles"!
It didn't stop Tommy Flowers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Flowers
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