Manufacturer:

Philco Corp.  Search this

Materials:

base: silicon

wires: gold

packaging: epoxy

Dimensions:

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

Type:

EQUIPMENT-Electronics

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Summary:

This is a pre-production silicon integrated circuit of the type used in the Apollo Guidance "Block II" computers, installed on the Apoll 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.

Credit Line:

Gift of David Chester

Inventory Number:

A20170003000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9108dc50e-4b3f-458a-a6fc-fbfa0018f360

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A20170003000