Comment by thristian

If you're wondering what a 32-bit descendant of the 6502 might have looked like, especially one that incorporated the "radical simplicity" ideas of RISC alongside the radical simplicity of the original 6502, there's already an era-appropriate design you can study: the original 32-bit ARM.

In an 2014 interview¹ with the Computer History Museum, Bill Mensch said:

> We think of ARM as our prodigal son. Got to do what they got to do, and it's not something I want to do, but I'm proud of them. They started with my technology, and I wish them well.

¹: https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/20...