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Crude photocopy of the Air Force Systems Command publication, "Integrated Circuits Come of Age" (circa 1964) publication from the Computer History Museum Archive. The photocopy shows the Integrated Circuit Computer in the upper image and by itself in the lower image.
On October 19, 1961 Texas Instruments delivered the first integrated circuit computer to the U.S. Air Force.
“The advanced experimental equipment has a total volume of only 6.3 cubic inches and weighs only 10 ounces. It provides the identical electrical functions of a computer using conventional components which is 150 times its size and 48 times its weight and which also was demonstrated for purposes of comparison. It uses 587 digital circuits (Solid Circuit™ semiconductor net works) each formed within a minute bar of silicon material. The larger computer uses 8500 conventional components and has a volume of 1000 cubic inches and weight of 480 ounces.”