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Zetr0 · 09 March 2010, 13:53

I learnerd the following from a very wise brazillian storm-trooper

the (odd) numbers in the motorola chips are small revisions, bug fixes and DIE size changes of previous chips -

68000
Original CPU with 68000 transitors onboard

68010
fixed some bugs, thus making some games/software unreliable that used them bugs,
added a couple of fast instruction loops

68020
Whoot 32bit in and out =D

68030
added some more cache, revised the die and fixed some bugs, integerated the MMU

68040
Integrated FPU and revised the cach.

68050
Designed but never to see silicon

68060
Super Scaler incorperated and Branching instuctions

68070
Designed but never to see silicon

between the 040 and 060 releases there was a hugh DIE change, this reduces the power required to push the gates open, but also more cach and other features can be put on the silicon.

the original 040's using the old cach suffer terribly from over-heating failure (especially those old 25mhz units) the latter 40mhz compatible units are made with the same micron size as the 060 and hence run VERY cool, also its wise to not that this particular 040 is 5volts as opposed to the 060's 3.3volts.

however according to the schematic from free scale the 060 can have upto 4.6 volts when clocked to 100mhz

okay... geeking out now.... sorry about that....

09 March 2010, 13:53	#14
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	I learnerd the following from a very wise brazillian storm-trooper the (odd) numbers in the motorola chips are small revisions, bug fixes and DIE size changes of previous chips - 68000 Original CPU with 68000 transitors onboard 68010 fixed some bugs, thus making some games/software unreliable that used them bugs, added a couple of fast instruction loops 68020 Whoot 32bit in and out =D *68030* added some more cache, revised the die and fixed some bugs, integerated the MMU 68040 Integrated FPU and revised the cach. *68050* Designed but never to see silicon 68060 Super Scaler incorperated and Branching instuctions *68070* Designed but never to see silicon between the 040 and 060 releases there was a hugh DIE change, this reduces the power required to push the gates open, but also more cach and other features can be put on the silicon. the original 040's using the old cach suffer terribly from over-heating failure (especially those old 25mhz units) the latter 40mhz compatible units are made with the same micron size as the 060 and hence run VERY cool, also its wise to not that this particular 040 is 5volts as opposed to the 060's 3.3volts. however according to the schematic from free scale the 060 can have upto 4.6 volts when clocked to 100mhz okay... geeking out now.... sorry about that.... Last edited by Zetr0; 09 March 2010 at 13:59.