Nutube, a new miniaturized and high performance tube

[Chuckt]

Vacuum tubes on a chip

You might have to think about the possibilities here and do a little brainstorming.

You might want to buy it from Mouser or Digikey because I haven't seen the datasheet yet.

http://www.korg.com/us/news/2015/012212/

[brad]

I can see some new guitar amplifiers coming out making use of these. I wonder if they glow red hot like traditional valves?

[Chuckt]

The literature suggests the parts will wear out faster. I suppose we will need some spare parts on hand or add a fan for cooling.
I know that people who build and overclock their own computers add cooling systems so we might see a little of this in the future if the "Nutube" makes it.

Image of an Overclocker's cooling system:

http://blog.thedistilledwatercompany.co ... ystems.jpg

[brad]

The cooling fan would be interesting because the valve needs to get hot in order to work (unless these ones work different somehow?)