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From: dks%decay@Sun.COM (dk smith... in full-dispersion mode)
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Subject: Re: CISC Microprocessors
Keywords: 6502
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Date: 29 Jul 89 05:02:58 GMT
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In article <486@lexicon.com> rk@lexicon.com (Bob Kukura) writes:
>Are you sure the 6502 isn't microcoded?  I built a ttl 6502 (6507
>actually) emulator as a digital design lab project in college, and it
[....]
>  I've since been interested in knowing if this is how
>the real chip is implemented.
>-- 
>-Bob Kukura		smart: rk@lexicon.com
>			dumb: {husc6,linus,harvard,bbn}!spdcc!lexicon!rk
>			phone: (617) 891-6790


Check out a book by the author whose last name is Anceau.  
The author's first name and title of the book escape me now.
The book discusses different implementations of the 6502
(which were actually fabricated) in an attempt to determine
the tradeoffs between performance and die size for fully
hardwired designs to fully micocoded designs (and everything
in between!).


I think you'll find this interesting, Bob.



dk
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