AI panel Core AI Index·observed week 2026-W40

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.

234 categories·37 contested·1,675 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 37

Industrial Automation861 Automotive Electronics544 DSPs480 Power Supplies453 PMIC412 IOT Solutions401 Wireless Modules387 CPLDs386

244 categories·37 contested·1,675 brands

Sensors & Transducers

24 categories·2,903 brand-category appearances

Ambient Light Sensors

183brands

Photodetectors

294brands

Photoelectric Sensors

161brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Pir Sensors

46brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Board Mount Pressure Sensors

160brands

Industrial Pressure Sensors

183brands

Sensors Transducers

742brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

276brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

413brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Proximity Sensors

56brands

Temperature Humidity Sensors

Connectors & Interconnects

29 categories·2,593 brand-category appearances

Connectors Interconnects

521brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Automotive Connectors

94brands

Backplane Connectors

54brands

Board To Board Connectors

159brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Coaxial Cables

78brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Fiber Optic Connectors

Headers Wire Housings

Multi Conductor Cables

Rectangular Connectors

65brands

RF Coaxial Connectors

Wireless & RF

17 categories·2,430 brand-category appearances

Rfid NFC

99brandsFamily

NFC Rfid Readers

30brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Combo Wireless Modules

47brands

Multiprotocol Modules

792brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Antennas

78brandsAI ≠ buyer search

76brandsAI ≠ buyer search

RF Transceivers

107brands

Wireless Modules

581brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Passive Components

35 categories·2,360 brand-category appearances

Film Capacitors

81brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Aluminum Electrolytic

124brands

Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitorsthin signal — see Capacitorsthin

1brands

Ceramic Capacitors

161brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Electrolytic Capacitors

14brandsAI ≠ buyer search

278brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

169brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Frequency Control Devices

127brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Heat Sinks

38brands

Inductors

143brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Thermal Interface Products

129brands

Transformers

228brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Chip Resistors

58brands

Current Sense Resistors

33brands

Fixed Resistorsthin signal — see Resistorsthin

Through Hole Resistors

197brands

Variable Resistors

9brands

Embedded Computing

14 categories·2,089 brand-category appearances

Embedded Computing

762brandsFamily

16 Bit Microcontrollers

6brands

32 Bit Microcontrollers

19brands

8 Bit Microcontrollers

33brands

Application Processors

23brandsAI ≠ buyer search

250brandsAI ≠ buyer search

199brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Power Management

15 categories·1,595 brand-category appearances

Boost Converters

29brands

Buck Boost Converters

Power Factor Correction

37brands

Switching Regulators

10brands

Supervisors Reset ICs

280brands

Voltage Regulators

186brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Discrete Semiconductors

19 categories·1,275 brand-category appearances

Discrete Semiconductors

373brandsFamily

Diodes

112brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Diodes General Purpose

81brands

Esd Protection Devices

111brands

Fuses

121brandsAI ≠ buyer search

IGBTs

64brandsAI ≠ buyer search

MOSFETs

79brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Ptc Resettable Fuses

5brands

Rectifiers

123brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Surge Protection Devices

99brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Varistors

32brandsAI ≠ buyer search

BJTs

52brands

Electromechanical

11 categories·1,199 brand-category appearances

200brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Encoders

40brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Motors And Drives

87brandsAI ≠ buyer search

95brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Switches

240brands

Tools

103brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Integrated Circuits (ICs)

7 categories·1,023 brand-category appearances

Integrated Circuits ICs

412brandsFamily

Amplifier ICs

109brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Audio ICs

158brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Optoelectronics

13 categories·713 brand-category appearances

Optoelectronics

338brandsFamily

Displays

61brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Fiber Optics

178brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Infrared Leds

28brandsAI ≠ buyer search

37brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Linear / Analog ICs

9 categories·637 brand-category appearances

Linear Analog ICs

368brandsFamily

Comparators

52brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Current Sense Amplifiers

20brands

Differential Amplifiers

12brands

Instrumentation Amplifiers

51brands

Operational Amplifiers

46brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Memory

9 categories·550 brand-category appearances

Memory

258brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

93brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Clock & Timing

6 categories·512 brand-category appearances

Clock Timing

260brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Crystal Oscillators Xo

75brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Power Supplies

1 category·453 brand-category appearances

Power Supplies

453brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Interface ICs

9 categories·434 brand-category appearances

Rs 232 Transceiversthin signal — see Interface ICsthin

LED Drivers

1 category·330 brand-category appearances

LED Drivers

330brands

Logic ICs

9 categories·255 brand-category appearances

Logic ICs

169brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Buffers Drivers

24brandsAI ≠ buyer search

50brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Shift Registers

5brands

Display Drivers

1 category·209 brand-category appearances

Display Drivers

209brands

Motor Control ICs

1 category·166 brand-category appearances

Motor Control ICs

166brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Voltage References

1 category·146 brand-category appearances

Voltage References

146brands

Isolation

3 categories·115 brand-category appearances

Isolation

90brandsFamilyAI ≠ 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.