Of course an M0 on a modern process node would be much smaller but I’d interpreted (probably wrongly) the OP as going further and saying that the M0 would be sm

Of course an M0 on a modern process node would be much smaller but I’d interpreted (probably wrongly) the OP as going further and saying that the M0 would be smaller on a comparable node. With 12k or so gates on an M0 that doesn’t seem possible although maybe modern power management would make it more power efficient.