Motorola 68060

The Motorola 68060, also referred to as the 68060 or '060, is a 32-bit processor that was produced by Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector with the intention of superseding the widely-used Motorola 68040. However, it was never adopted by Apple Computer, which had instead migrated to PowerPC processors for its Power Macintosh line.CPUs: Motorola 68060 by Daniel Knight, Low End Mac. 2016-01-02.
==History==
The 68060 was introduced in 1994 at 50MHz, which was used in the computer. Later versions ran at 66 to 75 MHz. DayStar Digital announced the Turbo 060 upgrade card for 68030 and 68040-based Macs. However, aside from clock speed, Daystar staff reportedly observed little or no performance improvement and the product was cancelled.And Daystar 68060 Accelerators... by trag, 68k Macintosh Liberation Army. 2010-02-19. DayStar instead released the Turbo 601 upgrade card, which was based on the PowerPC 601 processor.DayStar Turbo 601 PowerPC Processor Upgrade for 68030 PDS Macs by Daniel Knight, Low End Mac. 2016-08-31.
==Variants==
*Motorola 68LC060 - a low-cost version without a built-in floating-point unit.
*Motorola 68EC060 - a lower-cost embedded version without built-in floating-point nor s.
==References==
==External links==
*Motorola 68060 microprocessor family at CPU-World
*68060 class ICs at CPU-Collection.de
*MC68060: Superscalar 68K Microprocessor at NXP
*Motorola 68060 at Wikimedia Commons
* and at Wikipedia
===Articles===
*DayStar 68060 Accelerators by Galen Gruman at Macworld p.38 (1994-05)
Category:Motorola hardware
Category:1994 introductions