Silicon Chip (1964)

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Tue Apr 17 01:06:18 UTC 2001


   OED has 1962 for "chip," and SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN of November 1965 for "silicon chip."
   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 9 December 1964, pg. 34, col. 3:

(Photo caption:  Elmer W. Engstrom, RCA president, shows a small computer component for its new Spectra 70 series.)

_NEW RCA COMPUTER_
   Radio Corp. of America yesterday unveiled a new family of computers called the Spectra 70.
(...)
   Each of these monolithic circuits is formed of a tiny silicon crystal chip containing two complete electronic circuits.



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