The PROM was invented in 1956 by Wen Tsing Chow, working for the Arma Division of the American Bosch Arma Corporation in Garden City, New York.
Mr. Chow, working for the Arma Division of the American Bosch Arma Corporation, pioneered the use of digital computers in missile, satellite and spacecraft guidance systems, leading the design of the United States Air Force Atlas E/F ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) all-inertial guidance system and guidance computer, the first production airborne digital computer.
Wen Tsing Chow (1918–2001), or Zhou Wenjun, Chinese-born American missile guidance scientist
Chow Yun-fat | Wen Jiabao | Stephen Chow | Tsing Yi | National Tsing Hua University | Wen Ho Lee | Tsing Yi Town | Norm Chow | Emperor Wen of Sui | Winch Wen | Sun Wen | Olivia Chow | King Wen of Zhou | Jeld-Wen Field | Chu Chin Chow | Xu Wen | Wen Yiduo | Wen Tsing Chow | Wen Tianxiang | Valerie Chow | Sun Wen (footballer) | Sandra Tsing Loh | Jiang Wen-Ye | James Wen | Chou Wen-chung | York Chow | Xiao-Gang Wen | Wen Zhenheng | Wen Zhang | Wen Xuan |