For more information on the instructions and architecture, see Motorola 68000. |
The 68040 (but not the 680EC40) is the first 680x0 family member with an on-chip FPU? (floating point unit). It also has split instruction and data caches of 4 kilobytes each. It is fully pipelined, with six stages.
The 68040 was used in the [Apple Macintosh Quadra]? series of personal computers.
For more information on the instructions and architecture, see Motorola 68000.