Comment on Can you reverse engineer an ASIC?parentComments−monocasa1moTo be fair, the 6502 is very dense, and very hand optimized.Modern systems tend to use "standard cells" for logic which is a lot more digestible.−duskwuff1moThe original NMOS 6502 also used a lot of rather weird dynamic logic which can't easily be represented as standard digital logic elements. Some details here:http://www.aholme.co.uk/6502/Main.htm
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To be fair, the 6502 is very dense, and very hand optimized.
Modern systems tend to use "standard cells" for logic which is a lot more digestible.
The original NMOS 6502 also used a lot of rather weird dynamic logic which can't easily be represented as standard digital logic elements. Some details here:
http://www.aholme.co.uk/6502/Main.htm