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Motorola 68008

Microprocessor

The Motorola 68008 is an 8/32-bit microprocessor introduced by Motorola in 1982. It is a version of 1979's Motorola 68000 with an 8-bit external data bus, as well as a smaller address bus.{{cite web

Motorola ended production of the 68008 in 1996.

Details

The 68008 is an HMOS chip with about 70,000 transistors; with a speed grade of 8 and 10 MHz. There are two versions of the chip. The original is in a 48-pin dual in-line package with a 20-bit address bus, allowing it to use up to 1 megabyte of memory. A later version is in a 52-pin plastic leaded chip carrier; this version has a 22-bit address bus and can support 4 megabytes of RAM.

Usages

The Sinclair QL microcomputer and Luxor ABC 1600 use the 68008 as their main processor.

References

[http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.m68k/browse_frm/thread/ab9a8520ee794d85/cedb5e4f449f346c comp.sys.m68k Usenet posting], May 16, 1995; also see other posts in thread. The end-of-life announcement was in late 1994; according to standard Motorola end-of-life practice, final orders would have been in 1995, with final shipments in 1996.

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