September 1979 · Computer or hardware
Motorola 68000 (1979)
Motorola introduced the 68000 in September 1979. It later powered the Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST and Sega Genesis.
Introduced September 1979. External 16-bit data bus with 32-bit internal registers.
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Facts
- Date
- September 1979
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: 16/32-bit microprocessor
- Maker or publisher
- Motorola
- Clock speed
- 4 to 8 MHz initially
- Transistors
- 68,000
- Data bus
- 16-bit
- Address bus
- 24-bit
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