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Re:The Magnetic Amplifier – A Lost Technology of the 1950s by hcarvalhoalves on Thursday June 18, 2020 @12:06PM (#23564434)
I guess mostly price - cooper is more expensive, and the economy of scale in semi-conductor manufacturing should be much higher.
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