< processor > (MC68040) A microprocessor from Motorola . It was the successor to the Motorola 68030 and was followed by the Motorola 68060 .
The 68040 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 .
The MC68LC040 is an MC68040 without a built-in FPU , and the MC68EC040 is an MC68040 without an MMU or FPU .
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