Motorola 68020 series processor.
The Motorola MC68020RC16E is a vintage 32-bit microprocessor from the iconic 68000 family, clocked at 16.67 MHz. Featuring full 32-bit internal and external data paths, it is typically housed in a 114-pin Ceramic Pin Grid Array (CPGA). It is widely used in retrocomputing, arcade machines, and industrial embedded systems.
Key Technical Specifications
- Architecture: CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer)
- Clock Speed: 16.67 MHz
- Data Bus: 32-bit
- Address Bus: 32-bit (supports up to 4 GB of physical memory)
- Instruction Cache: 256-byte direct-mapped
- Transistors: ~194,000
- Package: 114-pin Ceramic PGA
- Support Chips: Often paired with the MC68881/MC68882 FPU (Floating Point Unit) and MC68851 PMMU (Paged Memory Management Unit