Motorola 68000 family

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CISC architecture microprocessor 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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All labels observed (37)

Label	Occurrences
Motorola 68000	71
Motorola 68000 family canonical	34
Motorola 680x0	32
Motorola 68030	4
Motorola 68040	4
Motorola 68000 CPU	3
Motorola 68000 series	3
Motorola 68000-based Apple Lisa	3
m68k	3
Motorola 68000 architecture	2
Motorola 68000 microprocessor	2
Motorola 68020	2
Motorola 680x0 family	2
Motorola 680x0-based computers	2
Motorola 68k	2
16/32-bit Motorola 68000	1
ColdFire architecture	1
ColdFire microcontrollers	1
Freescale ColdFire family	1
Motorola 68000 16/32-bit CISC	1
Motorola 68000 ISA	1
Motorola 68000 bus	1
Motorola 68000 family CPUs	1
Motorola 68000 family processors	1
Motorola 68000-based Lisa hardware	1
Motorola 68000-based Macintosh computers	1
Motorola 68008	1
Motorola 68010	1
Motorola 68012	1
Motorola 68060	1
Motorola 680x0 family (typical for era)	1
Motorola 680x0-based Amiga computers	1
Motorola 680x0-based Amiga systems	1
Motorola 683xx	1
Motorola 68EC000	1
Motorola 68LC040	1
X68000 CPU	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	CISC architecture ⓘ microprocessor family ⓘ
addressBusWidth	24-bit (original 68000) ⓘ
architectureStyle	CISC ⓘ
bitArchitecture	16/32-bit ⓘ
cpuCore	Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68000 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68008 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68010 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68012 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68020 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68030 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68040 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68060 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 683xx Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68EC000 Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68LC040
dataBusWidth	16-bit (original 68000) ⓘ
designer	Motorola ⓘ
endianness	big-endian ⓘ
feature	hardware support for multitasking ⓘ large linear address space ⓘ orthogonal instruction set ⓘ position-independent code support ⓘ separate supervisor and user modes ⓘ vectored interrupt system ⓘ
influenced	Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ColdFire architecture
instructionSetArchitecture	Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68000 ISA
introduced	1979 ⓘ
notableUsePeriod	1980s ⓘ early 1990s ⓘ
registerWidth	32-bit general-purpose registers ⓘ
successor	Motorola 88000 family ⓘ
supportedOperatingSystem	AmigaOS ⓘ Atari ST ⓘ surface form: Atari TOS Linux/m68k ⓘ Classic Mac OS ⓘ surface form: Mac OS (Classic) NetBSD/mac68k ⓘ Sun Microsystems ⓘ surface form: SunOS (early versions) UNIX variants ⓘ
usedIn	Apollo/Domain workstations ⓘ Apple Lisa ⓘ surface form: Apple Lisa 2/10 (via 68000) original Macintosh 128K ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh 128K Macintosh II series ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh II series Macintosh LC ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh LC series Apple Macintosh Performa series ⓘ Macintosh Plus ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh Plus Macintosh Quadra ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh Quadra series Macintosh SE ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh SE Atari ST ⓘ surface form: Atari Falcon030 Atari ST ⓘ Atari ST ⓘ surface form: Atari STE Atari ST ⓘ surface form: Atari TT030 Commodore Amiga 1000 ⓘ Commodore Amiga 2000 ⓘ Commodore Amiga 3000 ⓘ Commodore Amiga 4000 ⓘ Commodore Amiga 500 ⓘ HP 9000 Series 200 ⓘ HP 9000 Series 200 ⓘ surface form: HP 9000 Series 300 Motorola VMEbus systems ⓘ Neo Geo AES ⓘ Neo Geo AES ⓘ surface form: Neo Geo MVS Sega CD ⓘ Sega Mega Drive ⓘ surface form: Sega Genesis Sega Mega Drive ⓘ Sharp X68000 ⓘ SGI ⓘ surface form: Silicon Graphics IRIS 1000 series Sun-1 workstation ⓘ Sun-2 workstation ⓘ Sun-3 workstation ⓘ arcade game boards ⓘ automotive control systems ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ industrial controllers ⓘ laser printers ⓘ

Referenced by (191)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apple Macintosh computers → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

Classic Mac OS → platform → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

LC series → cpuFamily → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

subject surface form: Macintosh LC series

this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0

Quadra series → cpuFamily → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68040

Motorola 68000 family → instructionSetArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 ISA

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68008

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68010

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68012

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68020

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68030

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68040

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68060

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 683xx

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68EC000

Motorola 68000 family → cpuCore → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68LC040

Motorola 68000 family → influenced → Motorola 68000 family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ColdFire architecture

NeXT Inc. → usedProcessorArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68030

NeXT Inc. → usedProcessorArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68040

PowerBook → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0

Performa → cpuFamily → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68030

Performa → cpuFamily → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68040

Macintosh II series → cpuFamily → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68020

Macintosh II series → cpuFamily → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68030

Macintosh II series → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0

original Macintosh 128K → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

subject surface form: Macintosh 128K

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Apple Lisa → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Apple Lisa → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Macintosh SE → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Macintosh SE → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

Macintosh Plus → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Macintosh Plus → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

TI-OS → targetHardwareArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

System 1.0 → platform → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

System 1.0 → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

QuickDraw graphics system → designedFor → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

subject surface form: QuickDraw

System 1 → platform → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

System 1 → designedFor → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000-based Macintosh computers

System 1 → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16/32-bit Motorola 68000

LC Processor Direct Slot (LC PDS) → designedForCPUFamily → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

subject surface form: LC Processor Direct Slot

this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0

Motorola → notableProduct → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 microprocessor

Commodore Amiga 1000 → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Commodore Amiga 1000 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 16/32-bit CISC

Sega Mega Drive → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Sharp X68000 → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Sharp X68000 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

Sun-1 workstation → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000

Sun-1 workstation → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 architecture

Apollo/Domain workstations → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

NetBSD/mac68k → supportsArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0