“Visualizing a classic CPU in action: the 6502” by James, Silverman and Silverman

  • ©Greg James, Barry Silverman, and Brian Silverman

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    Visualizing a classic CPU in action: the 6502

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    We present a real-time interactive simulation and visualization of the classic 6502 microprocessor as it executes instructions and processes data. A polygon model of each physical layer of the 6502 was created and transformed into a network of wires and transistors suitable for our logic simulator. Tools were developed to provide constant visual feedback of the work-in-progress, which yielded a correct model immediately after finishing the vectorization. This avoided the errors and long debug phase encountered in similar projects.

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    1. McNerney, T., 2006. Intel 4004 project. website www.4004.com.


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