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Originally Posted by onzedge
16 bit navigation computer from the Apollo moon missions...
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"For example, the AGC didn't employ anything that we would currently recognize as "software." The pre-written instructions the computer followed weren't loaded into the computer and stored on a writable medium, but were literally woven into its "core rope memory" by physically stitching 1s and 0s with magnetic strands. The stitching was done by hand, as if the computer were being programmed by a bunch of seamstresses. Weaving the memory was a time-consuming process, so last minute changes in software were out of the question. "
"Therefore in comparison...
# of transistors - iPhone has 130,000 times more than Apollo
clock frequency - iPhone is 32,600 times faster than Apollo
instructions per second - iPhone is 80,800,000 times faster than Apollo
overall performance - iPhone is 120,000,000 times faster than Apollo"