THE MAC CPU CHART
In 1979 Motorola introduced its first CPU the 68000 processor. This CPU was used by Apple for the Macintosh series of computers and also for many laser printers, for example the HP Laser Jet series. Since then Motorola has introduced their new Power PC CPU, that has RISC architecture for faster processing time.
Motorola Chips
| CPU Type | Date | Speed MHz |
Number of Transistors |
Bus Int/Ext |
Maximum Memory |
Cache |
| 68000 | 6-79 | 8,16 | 68K | 24 / 16 | 4 MB | none |
| 68020 | 2-84 | 12,16 | 136K | 32 / 16 | 16 MB | .25 KB |
| 68030 | 2-86 | 16,25,40 | 272K | 32 / 32 | 64 MB | .5 KB |
| 68040 | 8-88 | 25,40,50 | 888K | 32 / 32 | 256 MB | 8 KB |
| 601 Power PC |
4-93 | 60,66,80,110 | 2,800K | 32 /64 | 4 GB* | 16 KB |
| 603 Power PC |
11-93 | 50,66,80 | 1,600K | 32 /64 | 4 GB* | 16 KB |
| 604 Power PC |
6-94 | 100,120 | 3,600K | 32 /64 | 4 GB* | 16 KB |
| 620 Power PC |
? | 133 | 7,000K | 128 / 128 | 1 TB | 32 KB |
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