AI panel Core AI Index·observed week 2026-W37

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·1,673 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 Automation843 Automotive Electronics542 DSPs467 Power Supplies436 PMIC413 IOT Solutions398 Wireless Modules381 CPLDs373

244 categories·37 contested·1,673 brands

Sensors & Transducers

24 categories·2,766 brand-category appearances

Ambient Light Sensors

177brands

Photodetectors

265brands

Photoelectric Sensors

155brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Pir Sensors

44brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Board Mount Pressure Sensors

147brands

Industrial Pressure Sensors

178brands

Sensors Transducers

725brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

259brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

383brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Proximity Sensors

51brands

Temperature Humidity Sensors

Connectors & Interconnects

29 categories·2,480 brand-category appearances

Connectors Interconnects

503brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Automotive Connectors

90brands

Backplane Connectors

50brands

Board To Board Connectors

155brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Coaxial Cables

76brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Fiber Optic Connectors

Headers Wire Housings

Multi Conductor Cables

Rectangular Connectors

60brands

RF Coaxial Connectors

Wireless & RF

17 categories·2,345 brand-category appearances

Rfid NFC

93brandsFamily

NFC Rfid Readers

26brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Combo Wireless Modules

45brands

Multiprotocol Modules

786brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Antennas

76brandsAI ≠ buyer search

76brandsAI ≠ buyer search

RF Transceivers

105brands

Wireless Modules

568brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Passive Components

35 categories·2,220 brand-category appearances

Film Capacitors

76brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Aluminum Electrolytic

122brands

Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitorsthin signal — see Capacitorsthin

1brands

Ceramic Capacitors

155brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Electrolytic Capacitors

14brandsAI ≠ buyer search

274brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

152brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Frequency Control Devices

122brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Heat Sinks

37brands

Inductors

134brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Thermal Interface Products

126brands

Transformers

198brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Chip Resistors

58brands

Current Sense Resistors

31brands

Fixed Resistorsthin signal — see Resistorsthin

Through Hole Resistors

188brands

Variable Resistors

6brands

Embedded Computing

14 categories·2,027 brand-category appearances

Embedded Computing

750brandsFamily

16 Bit Microcontrollers

6brands

32 Bit Microcontrollers

18brands

8 Bit Microcontrollers

32brands

Application Processors

20brandsAI ≠ buyer search

248brandsAI ≠ buyer search

195brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Power Management

15 categories·1,564 brand-category appearances

Boost Converters

29brands

Buck Boost Converters

Power Factor Correction

36brands

Switching Regulators

10brands

Supervisors Reset ICs

269brands

Voltage Regulators

178brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Discrete Semiconductors

19 categories·1,174 brand-category appearances

Discrete Semiconductors

350brandsFamily

Diodes

110brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Diodes General Purpose

79brands

Esd Protection Devices

100brands

Fuses

99brandsAI ≠ buyer search

IGBTs

60brandsAI ≠ buyer search

MOSFETs

75brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Ptc Resettable Fuses

5brands

Rectifiers

113brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Surge Protection Devices

93brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Varistors

28brandsAI ≠ buyer search

BJTs

49brands

Electromechanical

11 categories·1,107 brand-category appearances

166brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Encoders

39brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Motors And Drives

82brandsAI ≠ buyer search

90brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Switches

229brands

Tools

91brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Integrated Circuits (ICs)

7 categories·970 brand-category appearances

Integrated Circuits ICs

400brandsFamily

Amplifier ICs

98brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Audio ICs

153brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Optoelectronics

13 categories·668 brand-category appearances

Optoelectronics

323brandsFamily

Displays

58brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Fiber Optics

167brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Infrared Leds

24brandsAI ≠ buyer search

36brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Linear / Analog ICs

9 categories·623 brand-category appearances

Linear Analog ICs

364brandsFamily

Comparators

50brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Current Sense Amplifiers

18brands

Differential Amplifiers

11brands

Instrumentation Amplifiers

51brands

Operational Amplifiers

46brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Memory

9 categories·526 brand-category appearances

Memory

245brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

90brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Clock & Timing

6 categories·488 brand-category appearances

Clock Timing

251brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Crystal Oscillators Xo

70brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Power Supplies

1 category·436 brand-category appearances

Power Supplies

436brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Interface ICs

9 categories·407 brand-category appearances

Rs 232 Transceiversthin signal — see Interface ICsthin

LED Drivers

1 category·329 brand-category appearances

LED Drivers

329brands

Logic ICs

9 categories·237 brand-category appearances

Logic ICs

157brandsFamilyAI ≠ buyer search

Buffers Drivers

24brandsAI ≠ buyer search

48brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Shift Registers

5brands

Display Drivers

1 category·203 brand-category appearances

Display Drivers

203brands

Motor Control ICs

1 category·163 brand-category appearances

Motor Control ICs

163brandsAI ≠ buyer search

Voltage References

1 category·144 brand-category appearances

Voltage References

144brands

Isolation

3 categories·109 brand-category appearances

Isolation

86brandsFamilyAI ≠ 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.