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 not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
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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