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So how much more powerful is this chip than the ones NASA used in the the Apollo program?

• kens 2y ago
  I think this chip is implemented with a state machine rather than a processor, so it's meaningless to compare their processing power. The Apollo Guidance Computer had about 17,000 transistors, while I estimate that the NFC chip has about 45,000 transistors. So the NFC chip has more complexity, but the same order of magnitude.
  • astrobe_ 2y ago
    For the fun of it, what about radiation hardening ?
    • kens 2y ago
      The Apollo Guidance Computer would be more radiation-hard, due to its large transistors and magnetic core memory.