Developed by: Motorola
Launched: 1974
Bits: 8

Developed by: Motorola
Launched: 1977
Bits: 8
Clock: 1 MHz

The 6809 was a major advance over its two predecessors, the Motorola 6800 and the MOS Technology 6502. It is considered the precursor to the Motorola 68000 family of processors.

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Developed by: Motorola
Launched: 1979
Bits: 16
Clock: 2 MHz
Transistors: 68 000

It takes its name from the number of transistors it contains.
It was the first in a family of microprocessors that included the Motorola 68008, Motorola 68010, Motorola 68020, Motorola 68030, Motorola 68040, and Motorola 68060 microchips. It was also known as the 68k.
It powered the popular Commodore Amiga and Atari ST computers, and the first Macintosh computers.
It also powered the Sharp X68000 (sold only in Japan) and the first Capcom arcade video game motherboards.

Developed by: Motorola
Launched: 1982
Bits: 16
Clock: 8 MHz
Transistors: 69 000

The Motorola 68010 corrected several bugs of the 68000 and added some features, which allowed it to use paged virtual memory.

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Developed by: Motorola
Launched: 1984
Bits: 32
Clock: 12.5 MHz
Transistors: 200 000

Developed by: Motorola
Launched: 1987
Bits: 32
Clock: 16 MHz
Transistors: 273 000

The 68030 is similar to the 68020 but includes an on-chip cache.

Developed by: Motorola
Launched: 1990
Bits: 32
Clock: 25 MHz
Transistors: 1 200 000

The 68040 is the first member of the 68000 family with an on-chip FPU.

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Developed by: Motorola
Launched: 1994
Bits: 32
Clock: 50 MHz
Transistors: 2 500 000

The Motorola 68060 was the last of the 68k family. It was two to three times more powerful than its predecessor, the 68040, and featured an integrated floating-point unit (FPU) and memory management unit (MMU).

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