Motorola 6800 family

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An early advertisement for the Motorola's M6800 family microcomputer system

The M6800 Microcomputer System (latter dubbed the Motorola 6800 family, M6800 family, or 68xx)

8-bit microprocessors and microcontrollers from Motorola that began with the 6800 CPU. The architecture also inspired the MOS Technology 6502
, and that company started in the microprocessor business producing 6800 replacements.

The chips primarily competed against Intel's 8-bit family of chips (such as the 8080, or their relations, the Zilog Z80 range).

See also

  • Instruction set

References

  1. ^ Puckett, Dale (April 13, 1981). "68XX's Family Is Extended". InfoWorld. 3 (7). CW Communications: 46–47 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Humbert, Marc (1988). Global Study on World Electronics. United Nations Industrial Development Organization. p. 56 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b http://datasheets.chipdb.org/Motorola/mc6801_3.pdf [bare URL PDF]