Examples of instruction set architectures that have been retroactively labeled CISC are
System/360 through
z/Architecture, the
PDP-11 and
VAX architectures,
Data General Nova and many others. Well known microprocessors and microcontrollers that have also been labeled CISC in many academic publications include the
Motorola 6800,
6809 and
68000-families, the Intel
8080,
iAPX432 and
x86-family, the Zilog
Z80,
Z8 and
Z8000-families, the National Semiconductor
32016 and
NS320xx-line, the MOS Technology
6502-family, the Intel
8051-family, and others.