Motorola 68040 CPU

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Title: Motorola 68040 CPU
Post by: Nitro on September 14, 2023, 05:58:03 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkIJKee7vGc
Title: Re: Motorola 68040 CPU
Post by: pTeK on November 02, 2023, 05:05:15 PM
I've only ever used one in a Mac at high school. This was the beginning of the end for Motorola 68k because of the heating problems?

How big was the difference on the Next between a 68030@25 and the 68040?

I know that the FPU was on the chip so maybe there was no delay when accessing the FPU instruction set during the program.

Also the 4K CACHE (Data/Instruction) increase over the 68030 of 256 bytes is a big increase.

What about noise? I read that the 68040 put out a lot of heat so noisy fans.
Title: Re: Motorola 68040 CPU
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on November 03, 2023, 01:37:17 PM
This article states a 2.5 to 300% increase in performance https://lowendmac.com/2014/cpus-motorola-68040/ on Macs.  I know Steve Jobs NeXT sent out a letter touting a 400% increase in performance perhaps inclusive of faster chips on th motherboard and optimization of the NeXTSTEP software.

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