Category

Semiconductors

Who AI recommends when asked about semiconductors. 32 brands on the list today.

DigiKey, Kicad and TSMC tie for first, all named in one in five.

Brands listed
32
Leader
3 tied
DigiKey, Kicad, TSMC
All on 100.0, listed A to Z
Lead
Tied
Three share first, 100.0
With 2 others
Category average
37.5
Average place 5.6
Across the 32

DigiKey, Kicad and TSMC share the lead. 28 of the 32 are named in only a fifth of answers.

Where each brand lands in the answer, from first place to tenth, and how often it is named at all.

#BrandPlaceNamedScoreSector
1=DigiKey1.020%100.0Hardware
1=Kicad1.020%100.0Hardware
1=TSMC1.020%100.0Hardware
4=Altium2.020%91.3Hardware
4=Mouser2.020%91.3Hardware
6Intel2.760%69.4Hardware
7=Arrow Electronics3.020%64.0Hardware
7=EDA3.020%64.0Platform
9=AMD4.040%49.0Hardware
9=Cadence4.020%49.0B2B
9=RS Components4.020%49.0Hardware
12GlobalFoundries4.540%42.3Hardware
13=Mentor5.020%36.0Platform
13=Newark5.020%36.0Hardware
13=SK Hynix5.020%36.0Hardware
16NVIDIA5.160%34.3Hardware
17=Allied6.020%25.0B2B
17=Lattice6.020%25.0Platform
17=Micron6.020%25.0Hardware
17=Qualcomm6.020%25.0Hardware
21=Ansys7.020%16.0Hardware
21=Texas Instruments7.020%16.0Hardware
21=Xilinx7.020%16.0Hardware
24=Avnet8.020%9.0Hardware
24=Broadcom8.020%9.0Hardware
24=Samsung8.020%9.0Hardware
27=ARM9.020%4.0Hardware
27=Keysight9.020%4.0Hardware
27=SparkFun9.020%4.0Hardware
30=Achronix10.020%1.0Hardware
30=ASRock10.020%1.0Hardware
30=Digilent10.020%1.0Hardware

= means tied on score

How this list works

AI is asked about semiconductors every day. A brand’s score reflects where it lands in the answers that name it, so 100 means named first every time. Named is the share of answers that mention it at all. Names that fail our checks are counted but not listed.