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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Observed surface forms (24)

Surface form Occurrences
Motorola 68000 34
Motorola 680x0 10
Motorola 68030 4

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 (93)

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

Sun-3 workstation → CPUFamily → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 series
AmigaOS → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apple Lisa → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apple Macintosh computers → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
HP 9000 Series 200 → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Lisa OS → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Macintosh II series → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Macintosh Plus → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Macintosh Portable → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Macintosh Quadra → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Macintosh SE → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Mr. T → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
NeXTstation → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Sun-1 workstation → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 architecture
System 1 → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: 16/32-bit Motorola 68000
System 1.0 → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
System 6 → architecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Sun-3 workstation → category → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0-based computers
Apple Lisa → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Atari ST → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Commodore Amiga 1000 → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Commodore Amiga 2000 → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Commodore Amiga 500 → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
original Macintosh 128K → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
subject surface form: Macintosh 128K
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Macintosh 512K → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Macintosh Classic → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Macintosh Plus → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Macintosh Portable → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Macintosh SE → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Macintosh XL → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Mr. T → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Neo Geo AES → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
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
Sun-1 workstation → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Xerox Star system → cpu → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apollo/Domain workstations → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Atari ST → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 1000 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 16/32-bit CISC
Commodore Amiga 2000 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 4000 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Commodore Amiga 500 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Macintosh SE/30 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
Macintosh XL → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
NeXTcube → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
PowerBook → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Sharp X68000 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
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