> By the requisites they list, which focus on the ISA, the original 68000 was already a 32bit architecture in 1979, Huh? The second paragraph states: "First, l

> By the requisites they list, which focus on the ISA, the original 68000 was already a 32bit architecture in 1979, Huh? The second paragraph states: "First, let's define our terms. A 32-bit microprocessor has a full 32-bit architcture, a full 32-bit implementation, and a 32-bit data path (bus) to memory." (And then the author spells out what each of those three things means individually.) IIRC, the 68000 missed both the 32-bit implementation and the data path. Interesting to note though, that Intel's later 80386SX product would NOT quality for the article, even though it's a compatible reduction of a chip that does. (The SX version of the product had a 16-bit bus and was physically closer to a 80286 in terms of external hardware interface.)