= Floating Point Unit =
Unlike the Intel 8086, the Motorola 68000 lacked native support for an FPU co-processor.
This functionality arrived in 1984 with Motorola introduced the 68881 FPUin 1984, which could function as a peripheral alongside the 68000. But it was primarily designed specifically for to integrate seamlessly with the 32-bit 68020 processor, taking advantage of its coprocessor interface.
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