Many articles point at the comparisdon to current systems. But all ignore the world breaking advances this CPU represented.

It was the first SSI (integrated Circuit) design ot be built. The order placed by NASA for the chips kicked off the IC industry.

It pioneered realtime interrupts and watchdogs.

It interfaced to many physical sensors and systems. Probably more than even modern systems can connect with.

It pioneered user interaction to modify program progression in real time

Rope memory was an elegant and practical approach to program storage given the space, power and weight restrictions

It was a powerhouse of computing evolution and should be venerated for that.