Motorola 68060


Motorola 68060

(processor)A 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, thesuccessor to the Motorola 68040. The 68060 is the highestperformance 680x0 family processor currently (April 1995)available. It has 2 to 3 times the performance of the68040.

The 68060 is probably the last development from Motorola inthe high performacnce 680x0 series. They don't want tocompete with their own PowerPC chips. The 680x0 series isintended more for embedded systems, where it is already verypopular. New developments here seem to integrate moreperipheral functions on chip rather than increasing processingpower.