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.

GEM desktop targetCPU Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Atari TT030 CPUArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Motorola 68020 microprocessor architectureFamily Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Motorola 68020
Motorola 68020 microprocessor predecessor Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Motorola 68020
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
gadtools.library platform Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0-based Amiga computers
AmigaDOS platform Motorola 68000 family
Motorola 68030 microprocessor architecture Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Motorola 68030
Motorola 68030 microprocessor instructionSetArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Motorola 68030
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Motorola 68040 microprocessor architecture Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Motorola 68040 microprocessor familyMemberOf Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 series
MC88100 concurrentDevelopmentWith Motorola 68000 family
68k Macintosh usesCPUFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
68k Macintosh usesCPU Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Commodore Amiga 600 architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Commodore Amiga 600 CPU Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Atari Jaguar mainProcessor Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Motorola 68851 generation Motorola 68000 family
Motorola 68881 architecture Motorola 68000 family
Motorola 68881 compatibleWith Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 family CPUs
Amiga E platform Motorola 68000 family
Amiga E primaryArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: m68k
Macintosh Performa 200 cpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Macintosh Performa 400 cpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
Macintosh Performa 550 architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
GNU As supportsTarget Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: m68k
Motorola 68010 family Motorola 68000 family
Motorola 68010 predecessor Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Motorola 68010 binaryCompatibleWith Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Motorola 68010 pinCompatibleWith Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Macintosh Performa 580 cpuFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68k
Macintosh Finder platform Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Motorola 68060 partOfSeries Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0 family
Motorola 68060 architectureFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Motorola 68060 successor Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Freescale ColdFire family
Fat Mac cpu Motorola 68000 family
subject surface form: Macintosh 512K
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Apple Lisa OS platform Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Lisa Workshop architectureSupport Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Lisa 2 cpu Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
Lisa 2 cpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000
MultiFinder architecture Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0
all-in-one compact Macintosh usesProcessorFamily Motorola 68000 family
this entity surface form: Motorola 68000 series