[userbinator]

16 registers * 32 bits * 4 transistors / cell = 2k transistors just for storing the bits alone, and that's not including the decoding and read/write circuitry.

[snvzz]

There is no need to do weird math, as we know the actual numbers.

6502 has 3510 transistors. SERV at CMOS occupies 2.1kGE.

SERV is smaller than 6502.

[monocasa]

Gate Elements are multiple transistors.

And that count doesn't include SERV's register file.

[snvzz]

So you're saying they'd end up in the same ballpark?

In that case, I'd rather have RISC-V's programming model.

[monocasa]

More like about half the size. And probably running at about 10x the IPC of SERV.