Motorola 68030 microprocessor

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CISC processor Motorola 680x0 family processor central processing unit microprocessor

The Motorola 68030 microprocessor is a 32-bit CISC CPU from Motorola's 680x0 family, widely used in late-1980s and early-1990s workstations, servers, and personal computers such as early Apple Macintosh models.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Motorola 68030	36
Motorola 68030 microprocessor canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774609 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Motorola 68030 microprocessor
Context triple: [Motorora, notableProduct, Motorola 68030 microprocessor]

A. Motorola 68020 microprocessor
The Motorola 68020 microprocessor is a 32-bit CISC CPU introduced in the early 1980s that powered many workstations, servers, and Apple Macintosh computers, offering enhanced performance and features over its 68000-series predecessors.
B. Motorola 68000 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.
C. Motorola 6800 microprocessor
The Motorola 6800 microprocessor is an 8-bit CPU introduced in the mid-1970s that became influential in early microcomputer and embedded system designs.
D. Motorola 88000 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.
E. Intel 80186
The Intel 80186 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in the early 1980s that integrated additional peripherals and control functions onto the CPU die, making it popular for embedded systems rather than mainstream personal computers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Motorola 68030 microprocessor
Target entity description: The Motorola 68030 microprocessor is a 32-bit CISC CPU from Motorola's 680x0 family, widely used in late-1980s and early-1990s workstations, servers, and personal computers such as early Apple Macintosh models.

A. Motorola 68020 microprocessor
The Motorola 68020 microprocessor is a 32-bit CISC CPU introduced in the early 1980s that powered many workstations, servers, and Apple Macintosh computers, offering enhanced performance and features over its 68000-series predecessors.
B. Motorola 68000 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.
C. Motorola 6800 microprocessor
The Motorola 6800 microprocessor is an 8-bit CPU introduced in the mid-1970s that became influential in early microcomputer and embedded system designs.
D. Motorola 88000 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.
E. Intel 80186
The Intel 80186 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in the early 1980s that integrated additional peripherals and control functions onto the CPU die, making it popular for embedded systems rather than mainstream personal computers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	CISC processor ⓘ Motorola 680x0 family processor ⓘ central processing unit ⓘ microprocessor ⓘ
addressBusWidth	32-bit ⓘ
architecture	Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
bitWidth	32-bit ⓘ
dataBusWidth	32-bit ⓘ
dataCacheSize	256 bytes ⓘ
era	early 1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
extendsInstructionSetOf	Motorola 68020 microprocessor ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68020
externalFPUOptions	Motorola 68881 ⓘ Motorola 68881 ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68882
floatingPointSupport	via external coprocessor ⓘ
hasIntegratedFPU	no ⓘ
hasIntegratedMMU	yes ⓘ
hasOnChipCache	yes ⓘ
instructionCacheSize	256 bytes ⓘ
instructionSetArchitecture	Motorola 68000 family ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68000
introducedBy	Motorola ⓘ
introductionYear	1987 ⓘ
manufacturer	Motorola ⓘ
market	personal computers ⓘ servers ⓘ workstations ⓘ
microarchitecture	CISC ⓘ
packageTypes	PGA ⓘ QFP ⓘ
pipelineStages	6 ⓘ
predecessor	Motorola 68020 microprocessor ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68020
registerFile	16 general-purpose 32-bit registers ⓘ
successor	Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68040
supportsBurstMode	yes ⓘ
supportsCoprozessorInterface	yes ⓘ
supportsInstructionSet	68020 instruction set ⓘ
supportsPagedMemoryManagement	yes ⓘ
supportsSupervisorUserModes	yes ⓘ
supportsVirtualMemory	yes ⓘ
typicalClockFrequencies	16 MHz ⓘ 20 MHz ⓘ 25 MHz ⓘ 33 MHz ⓘ
usedInComputer	Macintosh II ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh IIci Macintosh II ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh IIcx Macintosh II ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh IIx Macintosh LC ⓘ surface form: Apple Macintosh LC III Atari TT030 ⓘ Commodore Amiga 3000 ⓘ HP 9000 Series 300 ⓘ surface form: HP 9000/300 series NeXTcube ⓘ surface form: NeXT Computer NeXTcube ⓘ Sun-3 workstation ⓘ surface form: Sun-3x workstations
usedInEmbeddedSystems	yes ⓘ
wordSize	32-bit ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

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

Motorola → notableProduct → Motorola 68030 microprocessor ⓘ

subject surface form: Motorora

Apollo/Domain workstations → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68030 microprocessor ⓘ