Re: Even the 6502
"I won't downvote you for the inaccuracy because it is shockingly common.
The 68000 was a 32 bit processor with a 16 bit data bus"
It wasn't really.
Although it had 32 bit registers it only had a 16 bit ALU. The 8086 also has a 16 bit ALU and is considered a 16 bit processor. The RCA 1802 had 16 bit registers and an 8 bit ALU and is considered 8 bit. As a computer, the really important thing is the ALU width. When we benchmarked the current version of the 68000 against the NS 16032, which did have a 32 bit ALU, the 16032 absolutely wiped the floor with it on our 32 bit integer arithmetic test set, . National Semi in their marketing always described the 16032 (later the 32016) as the first 32 bit microprocessor for this reason. Acorn used the 16032 as a coprocessor in some of their designs to give "workstation" performance, and it's said that while the series was a bit of a flop, some of its design features eventually made their way to the Pentium.
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