Motorola 88000 family

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RISC microprocessor architecture cache and memory management unit microprocessor microprocessor family

The Motorola 88000 family is a RISC-based microprocessor line developed by Motorola as a high-performance follow-up to its earlier 68000 series, aimed primarily at workstations and embedded systems.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	RISC microprocessor architecture → cache and memory management unit → microprocessor → microprocessor → microprocessor family →
addressSpace	32-bit linear address space →
architecture	Motorola 88000 → Motorola 88000 →
architectureType	RISC →
competedWith	IBM POWER architecture → Intel i860 → MIPS architecture → SPARC architecture →
designedFor	MC88100 →
developer	Motorola →
endianness	big-endian →
endOfMainCommercialUseDecade	1990s →
hasMember	MC88100 → MC88110 → MC88200 →
hasSeparateUnit	floating-point unit → integer unit →
influenced	PowerPC architecture →
instructionSetDesign	load-store architecture →
integrates	cache → floating-point unit → integer unit →
intendedSuccessorOf	Motorola 68000 → Motorola 68020 → Motorola 68030 →
introducedInDecade	1980s →
marketedAs	high-performance RISC processor →
pipelineDepth	multiple-stage pipeline →
provides	memory management → on-chip cache →
status	discontinued →
supports	hardware floating-point (with appropriate unit) → superscalar execution → superscalar execution (limited) → virtual memory (with MMU) →
targetMarket	UNIX workstations → embedded control → telecommunications equipment →
usedIn	embedded systems → workstations →
wordSize	32-bit → 32-bit → 32-bit →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
MC88100 ("Motorola 88000") → MC88110 ("Motorola 88000") →	architecture
Motorola 68000 family →	successor