Motorola 68040 microprocessor

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CISC processor CPU Motorola 680x0 family processor microprocessor

The Motorola 68040 microprocessor is a 32-bit CISC CPU from the Motorola 680x0 family, widely used in early 1990s workstations, servers, and Apple Macintosh computers for its integrated floating-point and memory management units.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Motorola 68040 23
Motorola 68LC040 4
MC68040 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf CISC processor ⓘ
CPU ⓘ
Motorola 680x0 family processor ⓘ
microprocessor ⓘ
addressBusWidth 32-bit ⓘ
applicationDomain embedded control ⓘ
personal computers ⓘ
servers ⓘ
workstations ⓘ
architecture Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 680x0
bitWidth 32-bit ⓘ
cacheSize 4 KB data cache ⓘ
4 KB instruction cache ⓘ
clockSpeedRange 20 MHz to 40 MHz ⓘ
dataBusWidth 32-bit ⓘ
designGoal higher performance than Motorola 68030 ⓘ
familyMemberOf Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68000 series
featureOfVariant Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MC68EC040 has reduced MMU support

Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MC68LC040 lacks integrated FPU
hasIntegratedUnit floating-point unit ⓘ
memory management unit ⓘ
instructionSetType CISC ⓘ
introductionYear 1990 ⓘ
manufacturer Motorola ⓘ
maxClockSpeed 40 MHz (standard parts) ⓘ
onChipCache separate instruction and data caches ⓘ
pipelineStages 6-stage pipeline ⓘ
predecessor Motorola 68030 microprocessor ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68030
processTechnology 0.65 µm CMOS (later steppings) ⓘ
0.8 µm CMOS ⓘ
successor Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68050 (canceled design)

Motorola 68060 ⓘ
supports IEEE 754 floating-point (full 68040) ⓘ
burst bus cycles ⓘ
copyback cache mode ⓘ
on-chip demand-paged virtual memory ⓘ
write-through cache mode ⓘ
usedIn Commodore Amiga 4000 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 4000

Amiga accelerator boards ⓘ
Apple Macintosh Centris 650 ⓘ
surface form: Apple Macintosh Centris series

Macintosh Quadra ⓘ
surface form: Apple Macintosh Quadra series

HP 9000 ⓘ
surface form: HP 9000 workstations

NeXT Computer line ⓘ
surface form: NeXT computers

Sun workstations ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ
variant Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MC68040

Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MC68EC040

Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MC68EC040V

Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MC68LC040

Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MC68LC040V

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Motorola → notableProduct → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
Apollo/Domain workstations → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
NetBSD/mac68k → supportsArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Sun-3 workstation → architecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Commodore Amiga 4000 → cpu → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
AmigaOS → architecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Macintosh Quadra → cpuFamily → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
NEXT → hardwareArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
subject surface form: NeXT Inc.
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
NeXTSTEP → architecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Apple Macintosh Performa series → hardwareArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
NeXTstation → cpu → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
NeXTcube → cpu → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
ARAnyM → emulatesCPU → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Mac 68k bootloaders → targetCPUArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Apple Macintosh Centris 650 → cpu → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Apple Macintosh Centris 650 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Motorola 68030 microprocessor → successor → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68030
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Motorola 68040 microprocessor → successor → Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: Motorola 68050 (canceled design)
Motorola 68040 microprocessor → variant → Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: MC68040
Motorola 68040 microprocessor → variant → Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: MC68LC040
Motorola 68040 microprocessor → variant → Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: MC68EC040
Motorola 68040 microprocessor → variant → Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: MC68EC040V
Motorola 68040 microprocessor → variant → Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: MC68LC040V
Motorola 68040 microprocessor → featureOfVariant → Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: MC68LC040 lacks integrated FPU
Motorola 68040 microprocessor → featureOfVariant → Motorola 68040 microprocessor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 68040
this entity surface form: MC68EC040 has reduced MMU support
NeXTSTEP Interface Builder → platform → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
68k Macintosh → usesCPU → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
NeXT Computer line → processorArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Macintosh Performa 475 → cpu → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68LC040
Macintosh Performa 475 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040 family
Macintosh Performa 575 → cpu → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68LC040
Macintosh Performa 575 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Macintosh Performa 520 → cpu → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68LC040
Macintosh Performa 520 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Macintosh Performa 580 → cpuModel → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68LC040
Macintosh Performa 580 → cpuArchitecture → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040
Motorola 68060 → predecessor → Motorola 68040 microprocessor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motorola 68040