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27c3: Reverse Engineering the MOS 6502 CPU (en)

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Semiconductors & chip manufacturingDemoscene & retrocomputingComputer architecture & CPUs

What it is

Michael Steil's 27c3 talk on reverse engineering the MOS 6502 from die shots into a transistor-level simulation, as in the Visual6502 project. It covers going from chip package to a digital model.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a great walkthrough of chip reverse engineering and the story of Visual 6502.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “This is a great presentation showing how this CPU is reverse engineered”

    Shows how the 6502 was reverse engineered from its transistors

    joshvm, 2014-11 · Strong recommendation · in “A Japanese-based multinational made a CD-based console once”

  2. “Here's a nice talk video covering the story from the origins of the 6502 to the Visual 6502”

    Covers story from 6502 origins to Visual 6502

    leoc, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Visual6502 Remix”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: mos 6502, visual6502, transistors, chip design, retro computing

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