The Apollo Guidance Computer
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چکیده
The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) is an engineering marvel. AGC performed all of the necessary computation to successfully guide, navigate, and control spacecraft, which carried Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin surface moon back in 1969 as part 11 mission. Weighing at a staggering 32 kg featuring blazing-fast 2.048-MHz clock, it was first computer use silicon integrated circuits (ICs). Mankind has made great strides advances both regards space exploration well technology since its debut. In light those successes this year being 50th anniversary microprocessor, only fitting that be celebrated.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Micro
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1937-4143', '0272-1732']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/mm.2021.3121103