I wondered how it would compare if you measure this from the gate level rather than the transistor level. To check this, I looked online for a Verilog file des

I wondered how it would compare if you measure this from the gate level rather than the transistor level. To check this, I looked online for a Verilog file describing a 6502 core. This site has one: http://www.birdcomputer.ca/Projects/Prj6502/bc6502_page.html http://www.birdcomputer.ca/Projects/Prj6502/bc6502_page.html The zipped size of that file is 38 kilobytes, which is actually larger than the approximately 7 kilobytes guessed in the article for transistor level information. That is probably due to the verilog code being more verbose; you would think zipping it would make up the balance but apparently not. However, even though 38K >> 7K, I think the fact that the two are at least in the same ballpark is encouraging.