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{{Infobox CPU|name=MOS Technology 6502|arch=MOS 6502|pack1=40-pin [[Dual in-line package|DIP]]|address-width=16|data-width=8|instructions=56 <!-- The first ones had only 55 -->|transistors=3,510,<ref>{{cite web|title=The MOS 6502 and the Best Layout Guy in the World |publisher=swtch.com |date=2011-01-03 |accessdate=2014-08-09 |url=http://research.swtch.com/6502}}</ref> 3,218<ref>{{cite web|title=MOnSter6502|publisher=monster6502.com|date=2017|accessdate=2017-05-01|url=http://monster6502.com}}
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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.

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[[Category:Microprocessor design]]