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| x PowerPC |
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IBM |
PowerPC (short for Power Performance Computing, often abbreviated as PPC) is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM. Originally intended for personal computers, PowerPC CPUs have since become popular...
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| x x86-32 (32 bit Intel x86) |
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Intel Corporation |
IA-32 (Intel Architecture, 32-bit), often generically called x86, x86-32 or i386, is the instruction set architecture of Intel's most commercially successful microprocessors. It is a 32-bit extension, first implemented in the Intel 80386, of the...
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| VIA Technologies | |||||
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| x x86-64 | Intel Corporation |
x86-64 is a superset of the x86 instruction set architecture. Therefore, x86-64 processors can run existing 32-bit or 16-bit x86 programs without sacrificing speed or compatibility, and in addition, they support new programs written in an extended...
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| x Intel Architecture-64 |
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| x SPARC |
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Sun Microsystems | 1985 |
SPARC (from Scalable Processor Architecture) is a RISC instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems introduced in 1986.
SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc., an organization established in 1989 to promote...
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| x DEC Alpha |
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Digital Equipment Corporation |
Alpha, originally known as Alpha AXP, was a 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), designed to replace the 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computer (CISC...
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| x ARM architecture |
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Samsung Electronics |
The ARM architecture (previously, Acorn RISC Machine, then Advanced RISC Machines) is a type of computer central processing unit (CPU) designed in United Kingdom in the 1980s. By 2008, 10 billion ARM chips had been shipped with 7 billion of those in...
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| x MIPS architecture |
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MIPS (originally an acronym for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) is a reduced Instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by MIPS Computer Systems (now MIPS Technologies). The early MIPS...
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| x PA-RISC family |
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Hewlett-Packard | Reduced instruction set computer |
PA-RISC is an instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hewlett-Packard's Systems & VLSI Technology Operation. As the name implies, it is a Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) architecture, where the PA stands for Precision Architecture....
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| x IBM System z |
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IBM |
IBM System z, or earlier IBM eServer zSeries, is a brand name designated by IBM to all its mainframe computers.
In 2000, IBM rebranded the existing System/390 to IBM eServer zSeries with the e depicted in IBM's red trademarked symbol. But because no...
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| x SuperH |
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Hitachi, Ltd. |
SuperH (or SH) is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hitachi. It is implemented by microcontrollers and microprocessors for embedded systems.
The SuperH processor core family was first...
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| x 68k |
The Motorola 680x0/m68k/68k/68K is a family of 32-bit CISC microprocessors. During the 1980s and early 1990s, they were popular in personal computers and workstations and were the primary competitors of Intel's x86 microprocessors. Although no...
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| x x86 |
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Intel Corporation |
The generic term x86 refers to the most commercially successful instruction set architecture in the history of personal computing. It derived from the model numbers, ending in "86", of the first few processor generations backward compatible with the...
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| x RCA 1802 |
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RCA |
The RCA (CDP)1802 (aka RCA COSMAC*, COSMAC 1802) is an 8-bit CMOS microprocessor (µP) introduced by RCA in early 1976, and currently being manufactured by Intersil Corporation. The 1802 has an architecture quite different from most other 8-bit...
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| x Motorola 68040 |
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68k |
The Motorola 68040 is a microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1990. It is the successor to the 68030 and is followed by the 68060 (the 68050 project having been abandoned.) In keeping with general Motorola naming, the 68040 is often referred to...
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| x Motorola 68030 |
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68k |
The Motorola 68030 is a 32-bit microprocessor in Motorola's 68000 family. Released in 1987, the 68030 was the successor to the Motorola 68020, and was followed by the Motorola 68040. In keeping with general Motorola naming, this CPU is often...
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| x Motorola 68000 |
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68k |
The Motorola 68000 is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector). Introduced in 1979 with HMOS technology as the first member of the successful 32-bit m68k...
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| x Freescale DragonBall |
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68k |
Motorola/Freescale Semiconductor's DragonBall, or MC68328, is a microcontroller design based on the famous 68000 core, but implemented as an all-in-one low-power solution for handheld computer use. It was designed by Motorola in Hong Kong.
The...
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| x Freescale ColdFire | 68k |
The Freescale ColdFire derives from the 68k microprocessor architecture manufactured for embedded systems development by Freescale Semiconductor (formerly the semiconductor sector of Motorola).
The ColdFire instruction set is "assembly source"...
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| x QUICC | 68k |
QUICC is the abbreviation of QUad Integrated Communications Controller. The original QUICC was the 68k-based Motorola 68360. It was followed by the PowerPC-based PowerQUICC, PowerQUICC II, and PowerQUICC III. It has many types of interfaces built...
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| x Freescale CPU32 | 68k |
The Freescale 683XX (formerly Motorola 683XX) is a family of compatible microcontrollers that use a Freescale 68000-based CPU core. The family was designed using a Hardware Description Language, making the parts synthesizable, and amenable to...
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| x Motorola 68060 |
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68k |
The Motorola 68060 is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola released in 1994. It is the successor to the Motorola 68040 and is the highest performing member of the 680x0 family.
It claimed to have three times the performance capability of the 68040...
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| x Freescale 68LC040 |
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68k |
The 68LC040 is a low cost version of the Motorola 68040 microprocessor with no FPU. This makes it less expensive and draw less power. Although the CPU now fits into a feature chart more like the 68020, it continues to include the 040's caches and...
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| x Freescale 68EC040 | 68k |
The 68EC040 is a version of the Motorola 68040 microprocessor intended for embedded controllers. It differs from the 68040 in that it has no FPU or MMU. This makes it less expensive and draw less power.
Note: In keeping with general Motorola naming,...
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| x Motorola 68EC030 | 68k |
The 68EC030 is a microprocessor from Motorola. It is a lower cost version of the Motorola 68030, the difference between the two being that the 68EC030 does not have an on-chip memory management unit.
The 68EC030 was used as the CPU of one model of...
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| x Motorola 68EC020 |
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68k |
The 68EC020 is a microprocessor from Motorola. It is a lower cost version of the Motorola 68020, the difference between the two being that the 68EC020 only has a 24-bit address bus, rather than the 32-bit address bus of the full 68020, and thus is...
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| x Motorola 68020 |
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Motorola | 1984 | 68k |
The Motorola 68020 is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1984. It is the successor to the Motorola 68010 and is succeeded by the Motorola 68030.
The 68020 (usually just referred to as the '020, pronounced oh-two-oh or oh-twenty) had...
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| x Motorola 68012 | 68k |
The Motorola MC68012 processor is a 16/32-bit microprocessor from the early 1980s. It is an 84-pin PGA version of the Motorola MC68010. The memory space was extended to 2GB (causing the same issue as the 68020 for any programs using the high byte of...
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| x Motorola 68010 |
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68k |
The Motorola MC68010 processor is a 16/32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1982. In common with the Motorola 68000 naming convention, it is usually just referred to as the 010 (pronounced oh-one-oh).
It fixes several small flaws in the...
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| x Motorola 68008 |
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68k |
The Motorola 68008 is an 8/16/32-bit microprocessor made by Motorola. It is a version of the Motorola 68000 with an 8-bit external data bus, as well as a smaller address bus.
The original 68000 had a 24-bit address bus and a 16-bit data bus. These...
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| x 68HC000 | 68k | ||||
| x Motorola 68EC000 |
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68k |
The 68EC000 is a microprocessor from Motorola. It is a low-cost version of the Motorola 68000, designed for embedded controller applications. The 68EC000 can have either a 8-bit or 16-bit data bus, switchable at reset.
The processors are available...
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| x Motorola 6809 |
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Motorola | 1979 | Motorola 6800 |
The Motorola 6809 is an 8-bit (arguably, an 8/16-bit) microprocessor CPU from Motorola, introduced circa 1977-78. It was a major advance over both its predecessor, the Motorola 6800, and the related MOS Technology 6502.
Among the significant...
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| x Hitachi 6309 |
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Hitachi, Ltd. | Motorola 6809 |
The 6309 is Hitachi's CMOS version of the Motorola 6809 microprocessor. While in "Emulation Mode" it is fully compatible with the 6809. To the 6809 specifications it adds higher clock rates, enhanced features, new instructions, and additional...
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| x Motorola 6800 |
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Motorola | 1975 |
The 6800 is an 8-bit microprocessor produced by Motorola and released shortly after the Intel 8080 in late 1974. It had 78 instructions, including the (in)famous, undocumented Halt and Catch Fire (HCF) bus test instruction. It may have been the...
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| x MOS Technology 6502 |
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MOS Technology |
The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by Chuck Peddle and Bill Mensch for MOS Technology in 1975. When it was introduced, it was the least expensive full-featured CPU on the market by a considerable margin, costing...
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| x MOS Technology 6507 |
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MOS Technology 6502 |
The 6507 is an 8-bit microprocessor from MOS Technology, Inc. It is a "cut down" version of their popular 6502. To reduce costs the 6507 included only thirteen address pins instead of the 6502's sixteen. This allowed the 6507 to address 8 KB of...
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| x WDC 65C02 |
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MOS Technology 6502 |
The Western Design Center WDC 65C02 microprocessor is an upgraded CMOS version of the popular NMOS-based MOS Technology 6502 8-bit CPU — the CMOS redesign being made by Bill Mensch of the Western Design Center (WDC). Over various periods of time,...
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| x MOS Technology 6501 | MOS Technology 6502 |
The 6501 is an eight-bit microprocessor, the first sold by MOS Technology. The 6501 is the first member of the 65xx series of microprocessors. It was the first microprocessor to be sold for $25 in unit quantities. It was created by several ex...
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| x MOS Technology 6510 |
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MOS Technology 6502 |
The MOS Technology 6510 is a microprocessor designed by MOS Technology, Inc., and is a modified form of the very successful 6502.
The primary change from the 6502 was the addition of an 8-bit general purpose I/O port (only six I/O pins were...
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| x MOS Technology 8500 | MOS Technology 6510 | ||||
| x MOS Technology 8502 |
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MOS Technology 6510 |
The MOS Technology 8502 was an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOS Technology and used in the Commodore 128. Based on the MOS 6510 that was used in the Commodore 64, the 8502 added the ability to run at a double (2.048 MHz) clock rate, in addition...
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| x Intel 8080A | Intel 8080 | ||||
| x Intel 8080 |
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Intel Corporation | Apr 1974 |
The Intel 8080 was an early microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel. The 8-bit microprocessor was released in April 1974 running at 2 MHz (at up to 500,000 instructions per second), and is generally considered to be the first truly usable...
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| x Zilog eZ80 | Zilog | Zilog Z80 |
The ZiLOG eZ80 is an 8-bit microprocessor which is essentially an updated version of the company's earlier Z80 8-bit microprocessor.
The eZ80 (like the Z380) is binary compatible with the Z80 and Z180, but almost four times as fast as the original...
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| x Zilog Z80 |
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Zilog | Jul 1976 |
The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed and sold by Zilog from July 1976 onwards. It was widely used both in desktop and embedded computer designs as well as for military purposes. The Z80 and its derivatives and clones make up one of the...
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| x Intel 8088 |
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The Intel 8088 microprocessor was a variant of the Intel 8086 and was introduced on July 1, 1979. It had an 8-bit external data bus instead of the 16-bit bus of the 8086. The 16-bit registers and the one megabyte address range were unchanged,...
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| x NS320xx |
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The 320xx or NS32000 is a series of microprocessors from National Semiconductor ("NS", "Natsemi"). They were likely the first 32-bit general-purpose microprocessors on the market, but due to a number of factors never managed to become a major player...
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| x National Semiconductor 32016 | National Semiconductor | NS320xx | |||
| x National Semiconductor 32032 | NS320xx | ||||
| x VIA CM-7 | |||||
| x Atmel AVR |
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The AVR is a Modified Harvard architecture 8-bit RISC single chip microcontroller (µC) which was developed by Atmel in 1996. The AVR was one of the first microcontroller families to use on-chip flash memory for program storage, as opposed to One...
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| x G4 |
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G4 (also known as G4 TV) is an American cable and satellite television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12–28, devoted to the world of video games. More recently, the channel has diverted its focus to general interest programming...
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| x Intel Core |
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The Core brand refers to Intel's 32-bit mobile dual-core x86 CPUs that derived from the Pentium M branded processors. The processor family used a more advanced version of the Intel P6 microarchitecture. It emerged in parallel with the NetBurst ...
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| x Intel Core 2 |
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Intel Corporation | x86-64 |
The Core 2 brand refers to a range of Intel's consumer 64-bit x86-64 single-, dual-, and quad-core CPUs based on the Intel Core microarchitecture. The single- and dual-core models are single-die, whereas the quad-core models comprise of two dies,...
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| x Intel 4004 |
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The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) released by Intel Corporation in 1971. The 4004 is the first complete CPU on one chip, the first commercially available microprocessor, a feat made possible by the use of the new silicon gate...
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| x Intel P6 |
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The P6 microarchitecture is the sixth generation Intel x86 microarchitecture, implemented by the Pentium Pro microprocessor that was introduced in November 1995. It is sometimes referred to as i686. It was succeeded by the NetBurst microarchitecture...
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| x Intel 8086 |
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The 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor chip designed by Intel and introduced on the market in 1978, which gave rise to the x86 architecture. Intel 8088, released in 1979, was essentially the same chip, but with an external 8-bit data bus (allowing the...
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| x Intel 8051 |
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Maxim Integrated Products Inc. | 1980 | mcs51 |
The Intel 8051 is a Harvard architecture, single chip microcontroller (µC) which was developed by Intel in 1980 for use in embedded systems. Intel's original versions were popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, but has today largely been superseded...
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