Chimwe chezvirongwa zvekutanga zvaive zvakagadzirwa naCharles Stark Draper paMIT Instrumentation Laboratory. Pakutanga kweprojekti, Apollo guidance computer yaionekwa sechinhu chine njodzi zvikuru muchirongwa cheApollo sezvo yaishandisa monolithic integrated circuits ichangogadzirwa kuti ideredze saizi uye huremu.
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