Motorola 68000 family

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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.

All labels observed (37)

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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

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Referenced by (191)

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

Apollo Computer CPUArchitectureUsed Motorola 68000 family
Domain/OS runsOn Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 family processors
Apollo DN100 architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apollo DN100 cpu Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apollo DN100 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0 family
pSOS supportsProcessorFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
ANSI/IEEE 1014 VMEbus basedOn Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 bus
MCP series supportsCPUArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0 family (typical for era)
Sun-3 architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Sun-3 instructionSetArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: m68k
Sun-3 category Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0-based computers
BVME6000 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
BVME6000 architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68k
MVME147 cpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
ARAnyM emulatesCPUFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Mac 68k bootloaders targetCPUArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Sun 3/50 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Sun 3/110 cpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Sun 3/160 CPUArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Sun 3/260 cpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Sun 3/280 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
Original Amiga chipset (OCS) designedForCPU Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Original Amiga chipset
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Kickstart architecture Motorola 68000 family
Amiga Fast File System (later versions) compatibleWith Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0-based Amiga systems
Amiga Corporation (originally) designedFor Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Amiga Corporation
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 CPU
VDP (Video Display Processor) connectedTo Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 CPU
Sega Master System (via Power Base Converter) hostConsoleCPU Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apollo/HP workstations architecture Motorola 68000 family
Agnus interactsWith Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 CPU
Sharp X68030 CPUArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Apple Macintosh ROM architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Neo Geo CD cpu Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
SunOS platform Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Sun 3/480 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Commodore primaryCPUArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Commodore International
Exec designedFor Motorola 68000 family
Advanced Entertainment System cpu Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
AES cpu Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
S-100 bus computers commonCPU Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apollo DN400 architecture Motorola 68000 family
Apollo DN400 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apollo DN10000 cpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
Sun-4 workstation predecessorCpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
A500 cpu Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
HP 9000 Series 300 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Free Pascal supportsArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Apple Macintosh Centris 650 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Atari Falcon architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Sega Genesis Model 2 cpu Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Atari TOS architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000