Vacuum tubes + Transistors = Vacuum Transistors

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Interesting stuff -- new class of transistors that use vacuum-tube like tech.

Introducing the Vacuum Transistor: A Device Made of Nothing
This curious mash-up of vacuum tube and MOSFET could one day replace traditional silicon

http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/introducing-the-vacuum-transistor-a-device-made-of-nothing