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.

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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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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