資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Motorola, Inc.
One of the world's leading providers of wireless
communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems
and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular
telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications,
personal communications, automotive, defense and space
electronics, computers, satellite communications systems,
police and emergency service radio systems, taxicab
dispatching (radio) systems. Communication devices, computers
and millions of consumer products are powered by Motorola
semiconductors.
They are probably best known in the computing world for their
{microprocessor}s, including the {Motorola 6800} and {Motorola
68000} {CISC} families and {Motorola 88000} {RISC}s, the
{Motorola DSP56000} {digital signal processor}s and the
{PowerPC} on which they collaborated. They also led the
development of {VMEbus}.
Quarterly sales $5400M, profits $367M (Aug 1994).
See also {Envoy}, {Monsoon}, {MPL}.
{(http://www.mot.com/)}.
Address: Schaumberg, Illinois, USA.
(1994-12-01)