> Does it run at the full speed of an original 6502 chip?
> No; it's relatively slow. The MOnSter 6502 runs at about 1/20th the speed of the original, thanks to the much larger capacitance of the design. The maximum reliable clock rate is around 50 kHz. The primary limit to the clock speed is the gate capacitance of the MOSFETs that we are using, which is much larger than the capacitance of the MOSFETs on an original 6502 die.
Now I'm curious but in way over my head.
Could the speed be improved by using MOSFETs with better capacitance?
Can the full 1.023 Mhz be attained by throwing money at it or are there physical limitations at that scale?
> No; it's relatively slow. The MOnSter 6502 runs at about 1/20th the speed of the original, thanks to the much larger capacitance of the design. The maximum reliable clock rate is around 50 kHz. The primary limit to the clock speed is the gate capacitance of the MOSFETs that we are using, which is much larger than the capacitance of the MOSFETs on an original 6502 die.
Now I'm curious but in way over my head.
Could the speed be improved by using MOSFETs with better capacitance?
Can the full 1.023 Mhz be attained by throwing money at it or are there physical limitations at that scale?