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This is a pre-production silicon integrated circuit of the type used in the Apollo Guidance "Block II" computers, installed on the Apollo Command and Lunar Modules. The circuits were designed by the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation of Mountain View, California, and manufactured by Phbilco, at their Landsdale, Pennsylvania plant. Each computer used several thousand of these chips.

Display Status

This object is on display in Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

Object Details

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

EQUIPMENT-Electronics

Manufacturer

Philco Corp.

Dimensions

Overall: 2.9 × 2.5 × 0.2cm (1 1/8 × 1 × 1/16 in.)

Materials

base: silicon
wires: gold
packaging: epoxy

Inventory Number

A20170003000

Credit Line

Gift of David Chester

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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