How many transistors in the 6502 processor?

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Sun May 6 01:33:45 2001

> > 68000 68K transistors 44 mm^2
>
> I thought this was an interesting coincidence... the 68K transistor
> count I mean.

Tradition holds that the 68,000-transistor count gave the chip its name.
Someone here can confirm or deny, perhaps?

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