Motorola 68060

Die shot of a Motorola MC68060RC50
General information
LaunchedApril 1994
Designed byMotorola
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate50 MHz  to 75 MHz; up to 133 MHz overclocked,[1][2] or even 150 MHz with proper cooling[3] 
Architecture and classification
ApplicationDesktop computers and embedded systems
Instruction setMotorola 68000 series
Products, models, variants
Variant
  • 68LC060 and 68EC060
History
PredecessorMotorola 68040
SuccessorsPowerPC, Motorola ColdFire
A Motorola 68EC060 microprocessor

The Motorola 68060 ("sixty-eight-oh-sixty") is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola released in April 1994.[4] It is the successor to the Motorola 68040 and is the highest performing member of the 68000 series. Two derivatives were produced, the 68LC060 and the 68EC060.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference natami was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "68060 Masken und Fakes". Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  3. ^ https://www.amibay.com/threads/fastest-motorola-68ks-can-go.2444761/#post-2488150 [bare URL]
  4. ^ Anderson, A. John (1994). Foundations of computer technology. CRC Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-412-59810-4. Retrieved 2009-05-18.