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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How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Motorola 68000 family Context triple: [Apple Macintosh computers, architecture, Motorola 68000 family]
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Pleiades supercomputer
The Pleiades supercomputer is a high-performance computing system used by NASA for large-scale simulations and scientific research in fields such as aeronautics, space exploration, and climate modeling.
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Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
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Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
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Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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Apple Macintosh computers
Apple Macintosh computers are a line of personal computers designed and sold by Apple Inc., known for their distinctive macOS operating system, integrated hardware–software ecosystem, and strong presence in creative and professional markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Motorola 68000 family Target entity description: 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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Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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Pleiades supercomputer
The Pleiades supercomputer is a high-performance computing system used by NASA for large-scale simulations and scientific research in fields such as aeronautics, space exploration, and climate modeling.
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D.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
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E.
Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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| 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
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| instructionSetArchitecture |
Motorola 68000 family
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68000 ISA
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| introduced | 1979 ⓘ |
| notableUsePeriod |
1980s
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early 1990s ⓘ |
| registerWidth | 32-bit general-purpose registers ⓘ |
| successor | Motorola 88000 family ⓘ |
| supportedOperatingSystem |
AmigaOS
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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
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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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Subject: Motorola 68000 family Description of subject: 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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