Artifact Details

Title

Motorola 68030 microprocessor

Catalog Number

102748503

Type

Still image

Description

"The 68030, shown in its packaged form, is the latest generation of Motorola's popular 68000 family of microprocessors. Nicknamed "oh thirty," the chip will power personal workstations, multiuser business systems, powerful scientific and engineering workstations and supercomputers. The 030 maintains compatibility with the 68000 family, a microprocessor line with over 10 million installed units and the industry's largest 32-bit software ($2 billion) and hardware ($88 billion) base."

Date

1987

Publisher

Motorola, Inc.

Format

Photographic print

Category

Publicity photograph

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015