Week 44 Category Watch: LDO Takes the Top Spot
Week 44 brought a broad cool-off: LDO overtook 32-bit MCU as the top category, while global spot inventory kept building to 7.32 billion units.
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Memory products identified by the audited product type values.
FEMDNN008G-C9A39 - FORESEE, FBGA-153
YT11C64GTL-01 - O.tomo, BGA-153
YTF-32G01 - O.tomo, BGA-153
YTF-16G01 - O.tomo, BGA-153
XT28EG32GA4YJECGA - XTX, FBGA-1
SNJ54LS170J - Rochester Electronics, DIP
AM29C853ASI - Advanced Micro Devices, SOIC-24
LM4734TABD - Texas Instruments, Non-IC
SN74ACT7807-25PAC - Texas Instruments Logic IC, PQFP64
SN74ACT72211L25RJ - Texas Instruments Logic IC, PLCC-32
SN54LS224AJ - Texas Instruments Logic IC, CDIP-16
SN74ACT7807-20FN - Luminary Micro Logic IC, PLCC-44-16-58X16-58
SN74ACT7202LA35RJ - Texas Instruments Logic IC, PLCC-44
SN74ABT7819-10PN - Texas Instruments Logic IC, LQFP-80
SN74ACT7201LA50DV - Texas Instruments Logic IC, SO-28
SN74V3670-10PEU - Texas Instruments Logic IC, LQFP-128
SN74ACT7206L20RJ - Texas Instruments Logic IC, PLCC-44
SN74ACT72241L20RJ - Texas Instruments Logic IC, PLCC-32
SN74ACT7206L35NP - Texas Instruments Logic IC, PDIP28
SN74ABT7820-15N - Texas Instruments Logic IC, PQFP80
SN74ALVC7813-40DLR - Texas Instruments Logic IC, SSOP-56
SN74ALS2233AN - Texas Instruments Logic IC, PDIP-28
SN74ACT7202LA50DV - Texas Instruments Logic IC, SOIC-28
SN74ABT3613-30PQ - Texas Instruments Logic IC, BQFP-132
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