AI panel Core AI Index·observed week 2026-W28

Every electronics category AI ranks.

CategoryRank shows where your brand appears in AI category memory — and whether AI describes you in the same language buyers use.

230 categories·36 contested·1,648 brands·most contested →·Brand families →

ⓘ how to read this index

count: beside each row — brands AI consistently associates with that category
red: most-contested — largest field of brands competing (top 15% by count)
Family: parent row — count rolls up child categories
thin signal: AI does not yet form a stable field at this depth — see parent
AI ≠ buyer search: under 30% of Google searches for the category match AI’s vocabulary — open the row to compare both. Full rules in methodology.

Most contested · top 8 of 36

Industrial Automation762 Automotive Electronics484 DSPs406 PMIC403 Power Supplies396 Wireless Modules346 IOT Solutions343 RF Semiconductors330

240 categories·36 contested·1,648 brands

Sensors & Transducers

24 categories·2,135 brand-category appearances

Ambient Light Sensors

159brands

Photodetectors

176brands

Photoelectric Sensors

114brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Pir Sensors

34brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Board Mount Pressure Sensors

93brands

Industrial Pressure Sensors

145brands

Sensors Transducers

638brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Humidity Sensorsthin signal — see Sensors Transducersthin

189brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

303brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Proximity Sensors

41brands

Temperature Humidity Sensors

Connectors & Interconnects

29 categories·1,979 brand-category appearances

Connectors Interconnects

436brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Automotive Connectors

57brands

Backplane Connectors

34brands

Board To Board Connectors

137brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Coaxial Cables

51brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Fiber Optic Connectors

Headers Wire Housings

186brands

Hook Up Wire

10brands

M12 Connectorsthin signal — see Connectors Interconnectsthin

1brands

Mil Spec Connectors

39brands

Multi Conductor Cables

Rectangular Connectors

53brands

RF Coaxial Connectors

Wireless & RF

17 categories·1,947 brand-category appearances

Rfid NFC

66brandsFamily

NFC Rfid Readers

20brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Combo Wireless Modules

24brands

Multiprotocol Modules

730brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Antennas

56brandsAI ≠ buyer search

77brandsAI ≠ buyer search

RF Transceivers

104brands

Wireless Modules

491brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Embedded Computing

14 categories·1,650 brand-category appearances

Embedded Computing

678brandsFamily

16 Bit Microcontrollersthin signal — see Embedded Computingthin

4brands

32 Bit Microcontrollers

10brands

8 Bit Microcontrollers

17brands

Application Processors

15brandsAI ≠ buyer search

242brandsAI ≠ buyer search

166brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Passive Components

33 categories·1,501 brand-category appearances

Film Capacitors

61brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Aluminum Electrolytic

98brands

Ceramic Capacitors

129brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Electrolytic Capacitors

14brandsAI ≠ buyer search

212brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

93brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Frequency Control Devices

69brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Heat Sinks

21brands

Inductors

106brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Thermal Interface Products

74brands

Transformers

79brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Chip Resistors

54brands

Current Sense Resistors

Through Hole Resistors

150brands

Variable Resistorsthin signal — see Resistorsthin

4brands

Power Management

15 categories·1,360 brand-category appearances

Boost Converters

27brands

Buck Boost Converters

Power Factor Correction

30brands

Switching Regulators

5brands

Supervisors Reset ICs

181brands

Voltage Regulators

157brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Discrete Semiconductors

19 categories·817 brand-category appearances

Discrete Semiconductors

252brandsFamily

Diodes

91brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Diodes General Purpose

66brands

Esd Protection Devices

45brands

Fuses

40brandsAI ≠ buyer search

IGBTs

52brandsAI ≠ buyer search

MOSFETs

60brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Ptc Resettable Fusesthin signal — see Discrete Semiconductorsthin

4brands

Rectifiers

79brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Surge Protection Devices

78brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Varistors

19brandsAI ≠ buyer search

BJTs

41brands

Integrated Circuits (ICs)

7 categories·705 brand-category appearances

Integrated Circuits ICs

318brandsFamily

Amplifier ICs

68brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Audio ICs

104brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Electromechanical

11 categories·687 brand-category appearances

71brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Encoders

24brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Motors And Drives

48brandsAI ≠ buyer search

61brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Switches

144brands

Tools

45brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Linear / Analog ICs

9 categories·568 brand-category appearances

Linear Analog ICs

343brandsFamily

Comparators

44brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Current Sense Amplifiers

17brands

Differential Amplifiersthin signal — see Linear Analog ICsthin

4brands

Instrumentation Amplifiers

48brands

Operational Amplifiers

35brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Optoelectronics

13 categories·442 brand-category appearances

Optoelectronics

231brandsFamily

Displays

49brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Fiber Optics

101brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Infrared Leds

13brandsAI ≠ buyer search

33brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Optical Encodersthin signal — see Optoelectronicsthin

Power Supplies

1 category·396 brand-category appearances

Power Supplies

396brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Memory

8 categories·331 brand-category appearances

Memory

155brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Framthin signal — see Memorythin

59brandsAI ≠ buyer search

LED Drivers

1 category·304 brand-category appearances

LED Drivers

304brands

Clock & Timing

6 categories·299 brand-category appearances

Clock Timing

166brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Crystal Oscillators Xo

29brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Interface ICs

8 categories·194 brand-category appearances

Lvds Transceiversthin signal — see Interface ICsthin

2brands

Rs 485 Transceiversthin signal — see Interface ICsthin

Display Drivers

1 category·159 brand-category appearances

Display Drivers

159brands

Logic ICs

9 categories·141 brand-category appearances

Logic ICs

108brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Buffers Drivers

17brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Flip Flopsthin signal — see Logic ICsthin

27brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Shift Registersthin signal — see Logic ICsthin

4brands

Motor Control ICs

1 category·133 brand-category appearances

Motor Control ICs

133brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Voltage References

1 category·130 brand-category appearances

Voltage References

130brands

Isolation

3 categories·76 brand-category appearances

Isolation

67brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Beyond the components map

Adjacent categories.

These KIM families exist in the ontology and AI does rank brands within them — but they are not electronics-component categories. Systems-level integrations and software-adjacent verticals are rendered for substrate completeness, outside the primary scope of the components map above.