Motorola 680x0 coprocessors

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The Motorola 680x0 coprocessors are a series of auxiliary processors designed to work alongside Motorola 68000-family CPUs, providing specialized functions such as floating-point arithmetic and memory management to enhance system performance.

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Motorola 680x0 floating-point units 1

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instanceOf computer hardware platform component
microprocessor coprocessor family
architectureFamily Motorola 680x0 NERFINISHED
category floating-point unit
memory management unit
compatibleWith Motorola 68020 bus interface NERFINISHED
Motorola 68030 bus interface NERFINISHED
componentType auxiliary processor
designedFor Motorola 68000 family CPUs NERFINISHED
era 1980s
early 1990s
includesModel Motorola 68451 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68851 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68851 Paged Memory Management Unit NERFINISHED
Motorola 68881 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68881 Floating-Point Coprocessor NERFINISHED
Motorola 68882 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68882 Floating-Point Coprocessor NERFINISHED
manufacturer Motorola NERFINISHED
marketedAs 68851
68881
68882
notableUse NeXT Computer systems NERFINISHED
Sun-3 workstations NERFINISHED
high-end Amiga systems with FPU
primaryBusInterface 68000 bus
providesFunction floating-point arithmetic
memory management
purpose enhance system performance
region global
role handle virtual memory management
offload complex arithmetic from main CPU
status discontinued
successorTechnology integrated FPUs and MMUs on main CPU die
supports IEEE 754 floating-point standard NERFINISHED
technology CMOS
NMOS
usedIn embedded systems
high-end personal computers
minicomputers
workstations
usedWith Motorola 68000 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68010 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68020 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68030 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68040 NERFINISHED

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Motorola 68851 family Motorola 680x0 coprocessors
Motorola 68881 family Motorola 680x0 coprocessors
this entity surface form: Motorola 680x0 floating-point units