MOS Technology 6502

E356797
8-bit microprocessor microprocessor

The MOS Technology 6502 is an influential 8-bit microprocessor introduced in the mid-1970s that powered many early personal computers and game consoles, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
MOS Technology 6502 canonical 10
MOS Technology 6502 family 2
MOS Technology 6502C 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 8-bit microprocessor ⓘ
microprocessor ⓘ
addressBusWidth 16-bit ⓘ
architecture 8-bit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataBusWidth 8-bit ⓘ
designer Bill Mensch ⓘ
Chuck Peddle ⓘ
endianess little-endian ⓘ
fabricationProcess NMOS ⓘ
hasFlag Break ⓘ
Carry ⓘ
Decimal ⓘ
Interrupt Disable ⓘ
Negative ⓘ
Overflow ⓘ
Zero ⓘ
hasRegister Accumulator A ⓘ
Index register X ⓘ
Index register Y ⓘ
Processor Status register ⓘ
Program Counter ⓘ
Stack Pointer ⓘ
inspiredDerivative Ricoh 2A03 ⓘ
WDC 65C02 ⓘ
WDC 65C816 CPU ⓘ
surface form: WDC 65C816
instructionSetType CISC ⓘ
introducedInDecade 1970s ⓘ
introducedInYear 1975 ⓘ
manufacturer MOS Technology ⓘ
maxAddressableMemory 64 KB ⓘ
notableClockSpeed 1 MHz ⓘ
notableFeature low cost compared to competitors ⓘ
simple, compact instruction set ⓘ
widely used in early home computers ⓘ
supportsAddressingMode absolute ⓘ
immediate ⓘ
indexed ⓘ
indirect ⓘ
relative ⓘ
zero page ⓘ
transistorCount approximately 3500 ⓘ
typicalClockSpeedRange 1 MHz to 3 MHz ⓘ
usedIn Apple II ⓘ
Atari 2600 ⓘ
Atari 400 ⓘ
Atari 8-bit family ⓘ
surface form: Atari 800

BBC Micro ⓘ
Commodore PET ⓘ
Commodore VIC-20 ⓘ
Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ
surface form: Nintendo Entertainment System (via 2A03 variant)
usesStackPage page 1 (addresses $0100–$01FF) ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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Acorn Computers → processorFamilyUsed → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
Apple III → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Synertek 6502A
Nintendo Entertainment System → cpuArchitecture → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6502 derivative
Apple I → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
Apple II → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
Commodore 64 → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6510
Commodore 64 → cpuArchitecture → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6502 family
Atari 8-bit family → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
Atari 8-bit family → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6502C
Commodore → primaryCPUArchitecture → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
subject surface form: Commodore International
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6502 family
Motorola 6800 microprocessor → influenced → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 6800
ProDOS → targetCPU → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
BBC Micro → mainProcessor → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
BBC Micro → mainProcessor → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 65C02
BBC Micro in 1981 → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
subject surface form: BBC Micro
Acorn Atom → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
Acorn Electron → architecture → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
Acorn Electron → CPU → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6502A
Atari 2600 → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6507
Atari 5200 → cpu → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6502C
Apple SOS → runsOnProcessor → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Synertek 6502A
Apple SOS → runsOnProcessor → MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
this entity surface form: MOS Technology 6502-compatible CPU