Motorola 6800 microprocessor
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The Motorola 6800 microprocessor is an 8-bit CPU introduced in the mid-1970s that became influential in early microcomputer and embedded system designs.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Motorola 6800 family | 1 |
| Motorola 6800 instruction set | 1 |
| Motorola 6800 microprocessor canonical | 1 |
| Motorola 6801 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774606 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Motorola 6800 microprocessor Context triple: [Motorola, notableProduct, Motorola 6800 microprocessor]
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A.
Motorola 68000 family
The Motorola 68000 family is a line of 16/32-bit CISC microprocessors widely used in early personal computers, workstations, and game consoles during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
RCA 1802 microprocessor
The RCA 1802 microprocessor is an early CMOS-based 8-bit CPU notable for its low power consumption, radiation hardness, and use in spacecraft and embedded systems in the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Zilog Z80
The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in the mid-1970s that became widely used in home computers, embedded systems, and calculators due to its enhanced instruction set and compatibility with the Intel 8080.
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D.
COSMAC ELF computer
The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
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E.
Intel 8080
The Intel 8080 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in 1974 that became one of the earliest widely used CPUs in personal computers and helped establish the x86 architecture’s lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Motorola 6800 microprocessor Target entity description: The Motorola 6800 microprocessor is an 8-bit CPU introduced in the mid-1970s that became influential in early microcomputer and embedded system designs.
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A.
Motorola 68000 family
The Motorola 68000 family is a line of 16/32-bit CISC microprocessors widely used in early personal computers, workstations, and game consoles during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
RCA 1802 microprocessor
The RCA 1802 microprocessor is an early CMOS-based 8-bit CPU notable for its low power consumption, radiation hardness, and use in spacecraft and embedded systems in the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Zilog Z80
The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in the mid-1970s that became widely used in home computers, embedded systems, and calculators due to its enhanced instruction set and compatibility with the Intel 8080.
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D.
COSMAC ELF computer
The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
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E.
Intel 8080
The Intel 8080 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in 1974 that became one of the earliest widely used CPUs in personal computers and helped establish the x86 architecture’s lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
8-bit microprocessor
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CPU ⓘ microprocessor ⓘ |
| accumulatorNames |
A
ⓘ
B ⓘ |
| addressBusWidth | 16 bits ⓘ |
| architecture | 8-bit CISC ⓘ |
| competedWith |
Intel 8008
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Intel 8080 ⓘ |
| dataBusWidth | 8 bits ⓘ |
| designedFor |
early microcomputers
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embedded systems ⓘ |
| endianess | big-endian ⓘ |
| family |
Motorola 6800 microprocessor
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 6800 family
|
| hasSignal |
non-multiplexed address bus
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non-multiplexed data bus ⓘ single-phase clock input ⓘ |
| indexRegister | X register ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hitachi 6301
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MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ Motorola 6800 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 6801
Motorola 6802 ⓘ Motorola 6809 ⓘ |
| instructionSet |
Motorola 6800 microprocessor
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 6800 instruction set
|
| instructionSetType | orthogonal ⓘ |
| interruptTypes |
maskable interrupt
ⓘ
non-maskable interrupt ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Motorola ⓘ |
| maximumAddressableMemory | 64 KB ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
on-chip bus control logic
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on-chip clock circuitry ⓘ separate address and data buses ⓘ simple, regular instruction set ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential role in early microcomputer designs
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widespread use in embedded systems ⓘ |
| numberOfAccumulators | 2 ⓘ |
| packageType | 40-pin DIP ⓘ |
| programCounter | 16-bit program counter ⓘ |
| registerType | accumulator-based ⓘ |
| resetVectorAddress | 0xFFFE ⓘ |
| stackLocation | user-definable in memory ⓘ |
| stackPointer | 16-bit stack pointer ⓘ |
| statusRegister | condition code register ⓘ |
| successor |
Motorola 6802
ⓘ
Motorola 6809 ⓘ |
| supplyVoltage | 5 V ⓘ |
| supportsInterrupts | yes ⓘ |
| technologyNode | NMOS ⓘ |
| typicalClockFrequency |
1 MHz
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2 MHz ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Altair 680 computer
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SWTP 6800 computer systems ⓘ automotive control units ⓘ early industrial control systems ⓘ |
| wordSize | 8 bits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Motorola 6800 microprocessor Description of subject: The Motorola 6800 microprocessor is an 8-bit CPU introduced in the mid-1970s that became influential in early microcomputer and embedded system designs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Motorola 6800 microprocessor
→
instructionSet
→
Motorola 6800 microprocessor
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Motorola 6800
this entity surface form:
Motorola 6800 instruction set
subject surface form:
Motorola 6800
this entity surface form:
Motorola 6801
subject surface form:
Motorola 6800
this entity surface form:
Motorola 6800 family