The Freescale ColdFire is a microprocessor that derives from the Motorola 68000 family architecture, manufactured for embedded systems development by Freescale Semiconductor (formerly the semiconductor division of Motorola).
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The instructions are only 16, 32, or 48 bits long, a simplification compared to the 68000 series.
Freescale Semiconductor | Freescale DragonBall | Freescale ColdFire | Freescale 68HC11 | Atari Coldfire Project |
RTEMS is also popular for space uses since it supports multiple microprocessors developed for use in space including SPARC, ERC32 and LEON, MIPS Mongoose-V, Coldfire, and PowerPC architectures, which are available in space hardened models.