Calculator Instead of Rocket: 5 Devices that Beat the Apollo 11 Computer

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What do a light bulb and a NASA PC have in common? The on-board computer that landed a man on the moon in 1969 is computationally inferior even to modern children's calculators and smart bulbs. RBC-Ukraine writes about this, referring to BGR. Devices superior to the Apollo 11 on-board computer Apollo 11 had strict weight restrictions to ensure takeoff and navigation. Therefore, the AGC module had only 4 KB of RAM and 72 KB of permanent memory (R…

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Many everyday electronic devices have significantly greater computing capacity than the computer on the spacecraft that landed on the Moon.