MOS Technology 6510

MOS Technology 6510
General information
Common manufacturer
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate0.985 MHz to 1.023 MHz
Data width8
Address width16
Architecture and classification
Instruction setMOS 6502
Physical specifications
Package
Products, models, variants
Variant
  • MOS 8500, 7501/8501, 8502, 6510T
History
PredecessorMOS 6502
SuccessorMOS 8502
Image of the internals of a Commodore 64 showing the 6510 CPU (40-pin DIP, lower left). The chip on the right is the 6581 SID. The production week/year (WWYY) of each chip is given below its name.

The MOS Technology 6510 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOS Technology. It is a modified form of the very successful 6502. The 6510 is widely used in the Commodore 64 (C64) home computer and its variants. It is also used in the Seagate ST-251 MFM harddisk.[1]

The primary change from the 6502 is the addition of an 8-bit general purpose I/O port, although 6 I/O pins are available in the most common version of the 6510. In addition, the address bus can be made tristate and the CPU can be halted cleanly.