MOS Technology 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor developed by MOS Technology in 1975. When It was introduced it was highly praised for its cost and is still being produced to this day as the 65C02 by the Western Design Center (WDC).
 A MOS Technology 6502 processor | |
| Produced | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Max. CPU clock rate | 1 MHz to 3 MHz |
| Instruction set | MOS 6502 |
| Successor | |
| Package(s) |
|
Many popular home video games consoles and computers such as the Atari 2600, Atari XL, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System and other systems have used the 6502 and variants of it as its main processor.
MOS Technology 6502 Media
Motorola 6800 demonstration board built by Chuck Peddle and John Buchanan in 1974
A 1973 MOS Technology advertisement highlighting their custom integrated circuit capabilities
MOS Technology MCS6501, in white ceramic package, made in late August 1975
Introductory advertisement for the MOS Technology MCS6501 and MCS6502 microprocessors
MOS Technology MCS6502, in white ceramic package, manufactured in late 1975
MCS6500 Datasheet May 1976 cover
6502 processor die. The regular section at the top is the instruction decoding ROM, the seemingly random section in the center is the control logic, and at the bottom are the registers (right) and the ALU (left). The data bus connections are along the lower right, and the address bus along the bottom and lower left.[1]
6502 pin configuration (40-pin DIP)
6502 processor die with drawn-in NMOS transistors and labels hinting at the functionality of the 6502's components
- Acornatomzx
References
- ↑ Cushman 1975, p. 40.