<s>
The	O
Motorola	B-Device
68008	I-Device
is	O
an	O
8/32	O
-bit	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
introduced	O
by	O
Motorola	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
1979	O
's	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
with	O
an	O
8-bit	O
external	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
bus	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
smaller	O
address	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
68008	B-Device
was	O
available	O
with	O
20	O
or	O
22	O
address	O
lines	O
(	O
respective	O
to	O
48-pin	O
or	O
52-pin	O
package	O
)	O
which	O
allowed	O
1	O
MB	O
or	O
4	O
MB	O
address	O
space	O
versus	O
the	O
16	O
MB	O
addressable	O
on	O
the	O
68000	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
68008	B-Device
was	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
lower	O
cost	O
and	O
simpler	O
8-bit	O
memory	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
smaller	O
data	B-General_Concept
bus	I-General_Concept
,	O
it	O
was	O
roughly	O
half	O
as	O
fast	O
as	O
a	O
68000	B-Device
of	O
the	O
same	O
clock	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
still	O
faster	O
than	O
competing	O
8-bit	O
microprocessors	B-Architecture
,	O
because	O
internally	O
the	O
68008	B-Device
behaves	O
identically	O
to	O
the	O
68000	B-Device
and	O
has	O
the	O
same	O
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motorola	O
ended	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
68008	B-Device
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
68008	B-Device
is	O
an	O
HMOS	O
chip	O
with	O
about	O
with	O
a	O
speed	O
grade	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
48-pin	O
dual	B-Algorithm
in-line	I-Algorithm
package	I-Algorithm
with	O
a	O
20-bit	O
address	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
use	O
up	O
to	O
1	O
megabyte	O
of	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
version	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
52-pin	O
plastic	B-Algorithm
leaded	I-Algorithm
chip	I-Algorithm
carrier	I-Algorithm
;	O
this	O
version	O
has	O
a	O
22-bit	O
address	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
and	O
can	O
support	O
of	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sinclair	B-Device
QL	I-Device
microcomputer	B-Architecture
and	O
Luxor	O
ABC	B-Operating_System
1600	I-Operating_System
use	O
the	O
68008	B-Device
as	O
their	O
main	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
