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News Archive - Autonetics to show mock-up of first All MOS/LSI General Purpose Computer


Electronics Magazine, December 9, 1968


The Autonetics division of North American Rockwell is planning to show a mock-up of a general-purposes electronic computer only 5"x6"x7" in size, made entirely of MOS LSI integrated circuits. As history would note, this computer, designated the D200, was the first commercial electronic computer fully implemented with MOS LSI integrated circuits. Autonetics' development of the technology to create this computer is an example of the organization's dedication to the development of advanced MOS large scale ICs. Autonetics joins the likes of American Micro-systems, Inc (AMI), as a leader in the development of advanced MOS integrated circuit technology, and would later go on to develop a revolutionary four-chip MOS/LSI calculator chipset for Hayakawa Electric, Co., Ltd. (better known as Sharp Corp.) in Japan, which became the history-making Sharp QT-8D electronic calculator.