The
Motorola 68040 ("
sixty-eight-oh-forty") is a
32-bit microprocessor from
Motorola, released in 1990. It is the successor to the
68030 and is followed by the
68060. There was no 68050. In keeping with general Motorola naming, the 68040 is often referred to as simply the '040 (pronounced
oh-four-oh or
oh-forty).