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Analog Devices

Inertial sensing & precision motion control

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HUMANOID ROBOT

Where it fits in the robot

Its humanoid portfolio connects sensing, balance, motor control, power, and safety. Precision analog signal chains help robots interpret physical feedback.

What the evidence establishes

Humanoid evidence

The humanoid portfolio covers precision feedback, motor control, and tactile signal chains. These are electronics, not sensing flexures.

An explicit humanoid product, development program, application, or partnership. This does not establish revenue, market share, or production volumes.

Component roleInertial sensing & precision motion control
EvidenceThe humanoid portfolio covers precision feedback, motor control, and tactile signal chains. These are electronics, not sensing flexures.
Primary sourceAnalog Devices — supporting disclosure
Company or official disclosure; vendor claims are attributed to their source.
Checked. This is the research review date, not the source publication or quote time.

Keep in perspective

A broad analog chip business; humanoid-specific revenue and share are not separately established here.

Diversified business exposure. This describes the breadth or role of the business; it is not an investment rating. A robotics product or development announcement does not by itself establish material humanoid revenue, market share, or future returns.

Connections to the assembly

These links explain the technology relationship. The model is illustrative and does not represent an actual manufacturer’s bill of materials.

Encoder & drive electronics

Position feedback and a motor drive close the control loop so the joint follows commanded motion.

Scope of the company links: Includes position encoders, motor-control chips, drive power devices, and integrated controls. Open a company to see its specific role.

Signal conditioning & ADC

Amplifiers and analog-to-digital converters read the small gauge signals. Calibration and processing relate those readings to forces and moments.

Scope of the company links: Precision measurement and embedded signal-processing electronics. This is not a claim that these companies make a complete six-axis transducer.

Contact-force feedback

Feedback helps the controller limit grip force. Listed suppliers offer relevant force-sensing or signal-chain technology, not necessarily this fingertip design.

Scope of the company links: Tactile/contact-force sensors and supporting measurement electronics. Joint angle encoders and wrist torque sensors are different from fingertip touch.

SMART GLASSES

Where it fits in smart glasses

MAX77654 ultra-low-power PMIC with integrated charger in Brilliant Labs Frame (OEM hardware docs; Brilliant’s store now lists only Halo).

What the evidence establishes

Smart-glasses evidence

Partner-disclosed: Brilliant Labs’ Frame hardware documents name the MAX77654 ultra-low-power PMIC with integrated charger.

An explicit smart-glasses product, design-in, supply role, program, application page or partnership, including wrist or ring input sold with glasses. For a device maker, it means the company’s own glasses, not a supplier relationship. This does not establish revenue, market share, volumes or future sourcing.

Component rolePMIC in Brilliant Labs Frame
EvidencePartner-disclosed: Brilliant Labs’ Frame hardware documents name the MAX77654 ultra-low-power PMIC with integrated charger.
How we knowPartner/OEM-disclosed A named partner, licensor or device maker’s document names the company. The scope is that document’s product or program, not a general supply relationship.
Primary sourceAnalog Devices — supporting disclosure
Company or official disclosure; vendor claims are attributed to their source.
Checked. This is the research review date, not the source publication or quote time.

Keep in perspective

A single niche, legacy design win in a product that is now sold out.

Diversified business exposure. This describes the breadth or role of the business; it is not an investment rating. A smart-glasses product, design-in or partnership does not by itself establish material glasses revenue, market share, or future returns.

Connections to the assembly

These links explain the technology relationship. The model is illustrative and does not represent an actual manufacturer’s bill of materials.

PMIC & charger

The power-management IC generates the supply rails for the SoC, display and sensors and controls charging. In this archetype it sits on the logic board in the other temple.

Scope of the company links: TI’s BQ25170 charger is documented in Brilliant Labs Halo and Analog Devices’ MAX77654 (with integrated charger) in the sold-out Brilliant Labs Frame; TI, ST, NXP and Awinic (AW32002/AW32005/AW32012 chargers, DC/DC, LDOs) market glasses power management. Meta designed a custom power chip for the Orion prototype.

AI SERVER RACK

Where it fits in an AI server rack

NVIDIA lists Analog Devices among its 800 VDC silicon partners (May 20 and Oct 13, 2025). ADI agreed on May 19, 2026 to acquire Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion in cash, adding integrated voltage regulators and silicon capacitors for AI processors whose programs are advancing with leading hyperscalers and AI silicon providers; closing was expected in 2H 2026.

What the evidence establishes

AI-rack evidence

Partner-disclosed: NVIDIA’s 800 VDC posts name Analog Devices; ADI’s 8-K describes the pending Empower acquisition for AI-processor power.

An explicit AI-server or AI-rack product, design-in, supply role, program, reference design or partnership, such as a part named for rack-scale AI systems or a product sold for AI data centers. For a rack builder, it means the company’s own AI servers or racks. This does not establish revenue, market share, volumes or future sourcing.

Component role800 VDC silicon partner; buying Empower (IVRs)
EvidencePartner-disclosed: NVIDIA’s 800 VDC posts name Analog Devices; ADI’s 8-K describes the pending Empower acquisition for AI-processor power.
How we knowPartner-disclosed A named partner, customer or platform owner’s document names the company. The scope is that document’s product or program, not a general supply relationship.
Primary sourceAnalog Devices — supporting disclosure
Company or official disclosure; vendor claims are attributed to their source.
Checked. This is the research review date, not the source publication or quote time.

Keep in perspective

Completion of the Empower deal was not verified as of Sept 24, 2026, and no current NVL72 content or customer is disclosed.

Diversified business exposure. This describes the breadth or role of the business; it is not an investment rating. An AI-server product, design-in or partnership does not by itself establish material AI-rack revenue, market share, or future returns.

Connections to the assembly

These links explain the technology relationship. The model is illustrative and does not represent an actual manufacturer’s bill of materials.

Voltage regulators

Multiphase controllers, power stages and 48 V converter modules that step bus voltage down to below one volt at hundreds or thousands of amps, right beside each chip.

Scope of the company links: Multiphase controllers, power stages and 48 V or 800 V bus-converter modules stepping down to under 1 V at the chips. MPS reports stronger sales of power management for AI and server applications and is sampling an 800 V solution; Infineon calls AI data-center power its main growth driver. TI (a 6 V-to-sub-1 V multiphase buck in its 800 VDC architecture), onsemi, Navitas, AOS, Renesas and Analog Devices are on NVIDIA’s 800 VDC silicon lists or have announced 800 VDC work with NVIDIA; Vicor sells 48 V Power-on-Package modules for AI accelerators. Delta (TLVR regulators), Flex (vertical power delivery), Advanced Energy (800 V-to-50 V converters) and Lite-On (power bricks) sell modules. NVIDIA does not say whose power stages sit on a Blackwell board, and press share estimates are not used. Empower (being acquired by ADI) and Claros (being acquired by Navitas) are private; Richtek is a MediaTek subsidiary.

QUANTUM COMPUTER

Where it fits in a quantum computer

QuEL’s QuBE qubit controller, described by QuEL, University of Osaka and RIKEN researchers and validated on a 64-qubit transmon chip, generates and captures signals with two Analog Devices AD9082 converters per unit (four 12 GSPS DACs and two 6 GSPS ADCs each), upconverts with ADRF6780 mixers and distributes clocks with an AD9528 (June 11, 2026). The open-source QICK controller’s RF boards use ADI’s ADF4372 local-oscillator synthesizers, AD5781 bias DACs and ADMV8818 tunable filters.

What the evidence establishes

Quantum-computing evidence

Partner-disclosed: the QuBE/Qubex paper by QuEL, University of Osaka and RIKEN researchers names ADI’s AD9082, ADRF6780 and AD9528 in the controller, and QICK’s board driver names the ADF4372, AD5781 and ADMV8818.

An explicit quantum-computing product, design-in, supply role, program or partnership, such as a part sold for quantum computers or a named quantum-computer customer. For a maker, it means the company’s own quantum computers or processors. This does not establish revenue, market share, volumes or future sourcing.

Component roleRF data converters, mixers and synthesizers in controllers
EvidencePartner-disclosed: the QuBE/Qubex paper by QuEL, University of Osaka and RIKEN researchers names ADI’s AD9082, ADRF6780 and AD9528 in the controller, and QICK’s board driver names the ADF4372, AD5781 and ADMV8818.
How we knowPartner-disclosed A named partner, customer or platform owner’s document names the company. The scope is that document’s system or program, not a general supply relationship.
Primary sourceAnalog Devices — supporting disclosure
Company or official disclosure; vendor claims are attributed to their source.
Checked. This is the research review date, not the source publication or quote time.

Keep in perspective

ADI does not sell a quantum-specific product or report quantum revenue, and the sources are a preprint and open-source board code rather than ADI disclosures. QuEL’s volumes and ADI’s content per system are not published.

Diversified business exposure. This describes the breadth or role of the business; it is not an investment rating. A quantum-computing product, design-in or partnership does not by itself establish material quantum revenue, market share, or future returns.

Connections to the assembly

These links explain the technology relationship. The model is illustrative and does not represent an actual manufacturer’s bill of materials.

Waveform generators

Arbitrary waveform generators and fast digital-to-analog converters that synthesize the nanosecond pulses of every gate.

Scope of the company links: Keysight sells complete RF AWG modules (four-channel M5300A, DC–16 GHz) in its Quantum Control System, installed in a 256-qubit computer in Japan. Many controllers now synthesize pulses directly with RF data converters: AMD RFSoCs in the open-source QICK and in Zurich Instruments’ QCCS, and Analog Devices AD9082s in QuEL’s QuBE. Tektronix (Ralliant) markets its AWG5200 for superconducting-qubit control without a named customer. Zurich Instruments, Qblox, QuEL, Intermodulation Products and Spectrum Instrumentation are private. Texas Instruments’ bias DACs in QICK set DC flux levels rather than pulses, so TI is mapped under microwave sources instead. QuantumCTek’s ez-Q Engine measurement and control system (8 drive and 2 readout channels per unit) serves the Zuchongzhi superconducting computers, per its own product pages.

Microwave sources & mixers

Local oscillators, synthesizers and IQ mixers that move pulses up to the qubits’ 4–8 gigahertz band and bring the readout signal back down.

Scope of the company links: Keysight’s QCS includes M5201A down converters (2–16 GHz input) alongside AWGs that output directly up to 16 GHz. In QuEL’s QuBE, Analog Devices ADRF6780 mixers and Texas Instruments LMX2594 synthesizers move 1.25–3.25 GHz waveforms up to the 7.25–10 GHz drive band, and QICK’s RF boards use ADI ADF4372 or TI LMX2594 local oscillators. Anritsu positions its signal generators as qubit-control local oscillators, with lab use documented at AIST. Controllers that synthesize microwaves directly need fewer mixers. Zurich Instruments’ SHFSG+ signal generators and QuEL’s front end are private.

Readout digitizers

Fast analog-to-digital converters that capture and demodulate the readout signals, turning them into qubit measurement results.

Scope of the company links: Keysight’s QCS uses M5200A digitizers (four 2 GHz, 12-bit channels) behind M5201A down converters. RF-sampling ADCs increasingly do the job inside controllers: AMD RFSoCs capture readout in QICK and Zurich Instruments’ QCCS, and each AD9082 in QuEL’s QuBE adds two 6 GSPS ADCs. Teledyne SP Devices documents its ADQ digitizers in superconducting-qubit readout research at Royal Holloway, University of London. Zurich Instruments (SHFQA+ analyzers), Qblox, QuEL, Intermodulation Products and Spectrum Instrumentation are private. QuantumCTek’s ez-Q Engine includes readout channels, per its product pages.

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