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That had some creative editing. “The Apollo flight computer was the first computer to use integrated circuits (ICs).[citation needed]”

The integrated circuit first won a place in the military market through programs such as the first computer using silicon chips for the Air Force in 1961 and the Minuteman Missile in 1962.

It was very much cutting edge for the time, but not really more innovative than other similar examples.




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