• The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer...
  • 10-14 MC68000 to M6800 Peripheral Timing Diagram (Best Case) .10-16. MOTOROLA.
  • Motorola mainly used even numbers for major revisions to the CPU core such as 68000, 68020, 68040 and 68060.
  • Toshiba microprocessors from TLCS-68000 family were fully compatible with Motorola M68000 devices.
  • The 68000 is not program compatible with Motorola’s family of 8-bit microprocessors.
  • The IMP is the first device to offer the benefits of a closely coupled, industry-standard M68000 microprocessor core and a flexible communications architecture.
  • However, it was not widely used because the difference in performance from Motorola 68000 was not large.
  • For detailed information on the MC68000, refer to M68000 UM/AD
  • The MC68000 was the first member of Motorola's very successful family of 16- and 32-bit processors.