Well, yes, that was nearly 50 years ago in 1969 - an eternity in computer technology. My iPhone has more raw computing power than a Cray-2 (a system with no fundamental design limitations, not even price) from 1985 - 16 years later than that. However, it is a totally silly comparison as the design objective of the systems on Apollo were much different (power usage and reliability were important).
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
We have far more power in our current phones than the computers used to land the first man on the moon.  |