MOS Technology 6502

The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOS Technology in 1975. When it was introduced it was the least expensive full featured CPU on the market by far, at about 1/6th the price, or less, of competing designs from larger companies such as Motorola and Intel. It was nevertheless faster than most of them, and, along with the Zilog Z80, sparked off a series of computer projects* that would eventually result in the home computer revolution of the 1980s. The 6502 design was originally second-sourced by Rockwell and Synertek and later licensed to a number of companies; it is still made for embedded systems.

Related Topics:
8-bit - Microprocessor - MOS Technology - 1975 - CPU - Motorola - Intel - Zilog Z80 - Home computer - Rockwell - Synertek - Embedded system

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(* See the list of home computers by category, which clearly shows the market divide between the 6502 and the Z80.)

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