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News Archive - Autonetics to Produce Custom LSI Integrated Circuits
Electronics Magazine
July 10, 1967
The Autonetics division of defense contractor North American Rockwell announces that it will begin volume production of custom MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) and SOS (Silicon on Sapphire) Large Scale Integrated Circuits for its own uses (much of which involves developing classified systems for aeronautical, space, national security and military use), and hinting of possibly doing work for customers requiring custom large-scale integrated circuit devices.
This announcement is a precursor for Autonetics to later partner with Hayakawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Sharp) in Japan to develop the four LSI chips and a special clock generator chip for the second (though actually the first truly successful and profitable) MOS LSI electronic calculator in history, the Sharp QT-8D.