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Discrete parts have one electrical component per package. A surprisingly good description at pcmag: https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/discrete-component h
by bronson 6y ago
Discrete parts have one electrical component per package. A surprisingly good description at pcmag: https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/discrete-component https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/discrete-component
Because the Monster 6502 uses 4-transistor packages, they can't claim their design is 100% discretes.
However, these are separate transistors with a shared substrate. It's not easy to call them integrated circuits either! It's a gray area.
- jacquesm 6y agoTo muddy the waters further: early 'integrated circuits' were actually thin film circuit boards with discrete components on them wired together for common functional blocks. They either had all their pins on one side allowing for vertical mounting or the now much more common dual row of pins.