{{Short description|16/32-bit processor}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Products|date=June 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2025}} {{No footnotes|date=November 2025}} }} thumb|SCC68070 The '''SCC68070''' is a Philips Semiconductors-branded, Motorola 68000-based 16/32-bit processor produced under license. While marketed externally as a high-performance microcontroller, it has been almost exclusively used combined with the Philips SCC66470 VSC (Video- and Systems Controller) in the Philips CD-i interactive entertainment product line.
Additions to the Motorola 68000 core include:
* Operation from 4 to 17.5 MHz * Inclusion of a minimal, segmented MMU supporting up to 16 MB of memory * Built-in DMA controller * I²C bus controller * UART * 16-bit counter/timer unit * 2 match/count/capture<!--correct?--> registers allowing the implementation of a pulse generator, event counter or reference timer * Clock generator
Differences from the Motorola 68000 core include these:
* Instruction execution timing is completely different * Interrupt handling has been simplified * The '''SCC68070''' has MC68010 style bus-error recovery. They are not compatible, so exception error processing is different. * The '''SCC68070''' lacks a dedicated address generation unit (AGU), so operations requiring address calculation run slower due to contention with the shared ALU. This means that most instructions take more cycles to execute, for some instructions significantly more, than a 68000. * The MMU is not compatible with the Motorola 68451 or any other "standard" Motorola MMU, so operating system code dealing with memory protection and address translation is not generally portable. Enabling the MMU also costs a wait state on each memory access.
While the '''SCC68070''' is mostly binary compatible with the Motorola 68000, there is no equivalent chip in the Motorola 680x0 series. In particular, the '''SCC68070''' is not a follow-on to the Motorola 68060.
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/19981201072726/http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Eganswijk/chipdir/reg/68070.txt xs4all.nl/~ganswijk/chipdir/reg/68070.txt] * [https://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/110403/PHILIPS/SCC68070.html SCC68070 datasheet]
Category:68k microprocessors
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