Motorola 68040
A {microprocessor} from {Motorola}. It was the
successor to the {Motorola 68030} and was followed by the
{Motorola 68060}.
The 68040 (but not the 680EC40) was the first {680x0} family
member with an on-chip {FPU}. It also had split instruction
and data {caches} of 4 kilobytes(?) each. It was fully
pipelined, with six stages.
The 68040 was used in the {Apple Macintosh} Quadra series of
{personal computers}.
(2001-03-11)