MOS Technology 6502
 A MOS Technology 6502 processor | |
| Produced | 1975 |
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| Max. CPU clock rate | 1 MHz to 3 MHz |
| Instruction set | MOS 6502 |
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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).
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. Variants include
- MOS Technology 6502A
- MOS Technology 6502B
- MOS Technology 6502C
- MOS Technology ''SALLY''
- MOS Technology 6503
- MOS Technology 6504
- MOS Technology 6505
- MOS Technology 6506
- MOS Technology 6507
- MOS Technology 6509
- MOS Technology 6510
- MOS Technology 6512
- MOS Technology 6513
- MOS Technology 6514
- MOS Technology 6515
- MOS Technology 6591
- MOS Technology 6592
- MOS Technology 7501
- MOS Technology 8501
- MOS Technology 8500
- MOS Technology 8502
