Motorola 68040


Motorola 68040

(processor)(MC68040) A microprocessor from Motorola. Itwas the successor to the Motorola 68030 and was followed bythe Motorola 68060.

The 68040 was the first 680x0 family member with an on-chipFPU. It also had split instruction and data caches of 4kilobytes(?) each. It was fully pipelined, with six stages.

The 68040 was used in the Apple Macintosh Quadra series ofpersonal computers.

The MC68LC040 is an MC68040 without a built-in FPU, and theMC68EC040 is an MC68040 without an MMU or FPU.