68HC000 CPU

CMOS circuitry is highly susceptible to damage by static electricity and light. Not a problem when enclosed in a properly designed formfactor. But both these disadvantages have inspired entertainment with a plot device of a CPU that is destroyed if passed hand to hand without each person discharging or equalizing their static charge and or destroyed by turning on lights in the room. Or if people in the room create too much static electricity. In entertainment, these CPUs are state-of-the-art, expensive, and rare. In real life, CMOS CPUs are properly protected in consumer devices, relatively inexpensive and commonly available. Even today, buyers can purchase surplus 68HC000 compatible CPUs through Freescale Semiconductor's website.