Evidence floor met in this release.
Published segment leaderboard
Deep Tech & Hardware: Is it worth it in the Machine Relations Index
This leaderboard uses only the Deep Tech & Hardware / Is it worth it segment denominator: 232 observed answer runs across 12 dates.
Segment-specific denominator. Not the overall domain denominator.
Release floor: 7 dates.
Only released domains with evidence in this exact segment.
Leaderboard
Segment-specific cited sources
Rates, runs and rank are the producer's segment-specific values. Overall domain rates and engine breadth are not used as category rates.
| Rank | Source | Source role | Citation rate | Cited runs | Observed runs | Run dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 of 325 | Vlsishuttle.comvlsishuttle.com | Other observed source | 31.03% | 72 | 232 | 12 |
| #2 of 325 | Siliconanalysts.comsiliconanalysts.com | Other observed source | 21.55% | 50 | 232 | 12 |
| #3 of 325 | Anysilicon.comanysilicon.com | Other observed source | 20.69% | 48 | 232 | 12 |
| #4 of 325 | Towersemi.comtowersemi.com | Other observed source | 12.93% | 30 | 232 | 12 |
| #5 of 325 | Mst-sg.commst-sg.com | Other observed source | 11.21% | 26 | 232 | 12 |
| #6 of 325 | Tompwservice.comtompwservice.com | Other observed source | 11.21% | 26 | 232 | 12 |
| #7 of 325 | Dataintelo.comdataintelo.com | Analyst and consulting research | 9.91% | 23 | 232 | 12 |
| #8 of 325 | Patsnap.compatsnap.com | Other observed source | 9.05% | 21 | 232 | 12 |
| #9 of 325 | Europractice-ic.comeuropractice-ic.com | Other observed source | 8.62% | 20 | 232 | 12 |
| #10 of 325 | Rapid-protos.comrapid-protos.com | Other observed source | 8.19% | 19 | 232 | 12 |
| #11 of 325 | Hmaking.comhmaking.com | Other observed source | 7.76% | 18 | 232 | 12 |
| #12 of 325 | Ams-osram.comams-osram.com | Other observed source | 7.33% | 17 | 232 | 12 |
| #13 of 325 | Makerstage.commakerstage.com | Other observed source | 7.33% | 17 | 232 | 12 |
| #14 of 325 | LinkedInlinkedin.com | Community and social platform | 6.90% | 16 | 232 | 12 |
| #15 of 325 | Substack.comsubstack.com | Community and social platform | 6.90% | 16 | 232 | 12 |
| #16 of 325 | Analog.comanalog.com | Other observed source | 6.47% | 15 | 232 | 12 |
| #17 of 325 | Redditreddit.com | Community and social platform | 6.47% | 15 | 232 | 12 |
| #18 of 325 | Chipfoundryservices.comchipfoundryservices.com | Other observed source | 5.60% | 13 | 232 | 12 |
| #19 of 325 | Wikipediawikipedia.org | Academic and government source | 5.60% | 13 | 232 | 12 |
| #20 of 325 | Ethz.chethz.ch | Other observed source | 5.17% | 12 | 232 | 12 |
| #21 of 325 | Ieee.orgieee.org | Academic and government source | 5.17% | 12 | 232 | 12 |
| #22 of 325 | Sciencedirect.comsciencedirect.com | Academic and government source | 5.17% | 12 | 232 | 12 |
| #23 of 325 | Semiengineering.comsemiengineering.com | Other observed source | 5.17% | 12 | 232 | 12 |
| #24 of 325 | Tomshardware.comtomshardware.com | Other observed source | 5.17% | 12 | 232 | 12 |
| #25 of 325 | Gf.comgf.com | Other observed source | 4.74% | 11 | 232 | 12 |
| #26 of 325 | Photondelta.comphotondelta.com | Other observed source | 4.74% | 11 | 232 | 12 |
| #27 of 325 | Stackexchange.comstackexchange.com | Community and social platform | 4.74% | 11 | 232 | 12 |
| #28 of 325 | TechRadartechradar.com | Editorial publication | 4.74% | 11 | 232 | 12 |
| #29 of 325 | Allpcb.comallpcb.com | Other observed source | 4.31% | 10 | 232 | 12 |
| #30 of 325 | EE Timeseetimes.com | Editorial publication | 4.31% | 10 | 232 | 12 |
| #31 of 325 | Charteredsemi.comcharteredsemi.com | Editorial publication | 3.88% | 9 | 232 | 12 |
| #32 of 325 | Hightoweradvisors.comhightoweradvisors.com | Other observed source | 3.88% | 9 | 232 | 12 |
| #33 of 325 | Arxiv.orgarxiv.org | Academic and government source | 3.45% | 8 | 232 | 12 |
| #34 of 325 | Electronic Designelectronicdesign.com | Editorial publication | 3.45% | 8 | 232 | 12 |
| #35 of 325 | Hontitan.comhontitan.com | Other observed source | 3.02% | 7 | 232 | 12 |
| #36 of 325 | Photonics.comphotonics.com | Other observed source | 3.02% | 7 | 232 | 12 |
| #37 of 325 | Rapidaxis.comrapidaxis.com | Other observed source | 3.02% | 7 | 232 | 12 |
| #38 of 325 | Tsmc.comtsmc.com | Other observed source | 3.02% | 7 | 232 | 12 |
| #39 of 325 | Xfab.comxfab.com | Other observed source | 3.02% | 7 | 232 | 12 |
| #40 of 325 | YouTubeyoutube.com | Search or media platform | 3.02% | 7 | 232 | 12 |
| #41 of 325 | Financialcontent.comfinancialcontent.com | Wire and press-release distribution | 2.59% | 6 | 232 | 12 |
| #42 of 325 | Honeywellaerospace.comhoneywellaerospace.com | Other observed source | 2.59% | 6 | 232 | 12 |
| #43 of 325 | Hubs.comhubs.com | Other observed source | 2.59% | 6 | 232 | 12 |
| #44 of 325 | Marvell.commarvell.com | Other observed source | 2.59% | 6 | 232 | 12 |
| #45 of 325 | Pgc.com.twpgc.com.tw | Other observed source | 2.59% | 6 | 232 | 12 |
| #46 of 325 | Ptsmake.comptsmake.com | Other observed source | 2.59% | 6 | 232 | 12 |
| #47 of 325 | Richconn.comrichconn.com | Other observed source | 2.59% | 6 | 232 | 12 |
| #48 of 325 | Alphachips.co.kralphachips.co.kr | Other observed source | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #49 of 325 | Cnstamping.comcnstamping.com | Other observed source | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #50 of 325 | Intel.comintel.com | Other observed source | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #51 of 325 | Intelmarketresearch.comintelmarketresearch.com | Analyst and consulting research | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #52 of 325 | KIPOST(키포스트)kipost.net | Other observed source | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #53 of 325 | Next.grnext.gr | Other observed source | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #54 of 325 | Noramark.comnoramark.com | Other observed source | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #55 of 325 | Sigcomm.orgsigcomm.org | Community and social platform | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #56 of 325 | Spie.orgspie.org | Other observed source | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #57 of 325 | Supercomputing Newssupercomputing.news | Editorial publication | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #58 of 325 | Uspto.govuspto.gov | Academic and government source | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #59 of 325 | Wing.vcwing.vc | Analyst and consulting research | 2.16% | 5 | 232 | 12 |
| #60 of 325 | Approvedmachining.comapprovedmachining.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #61 of 325 | Chinamachiningsolutions.comchinamachiningsolutions.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #62 of 325 | Crmicro.comcrmicro.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #63 of 325 | Cuhk.edu.hkcuhk.edu.hk | Academic and government source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #64 of 325 | Deeptech-ventures.comdeeptech-ventures.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #65 of 325 | Design-reuse.comdesign-reuse.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #66 of 325 | Einpresswire.comeinpresswire.com | Wire and press-release distribution | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #67 of 325 | Futurumgroup.comfuturumgroup.com | Analyst and consulting research | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #68 of 325 | Grokipedia.comgrokipedia.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #69 of 325 | Hal.sciencehal.science | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #70 of 325 | Hengkometer.comhengkometer.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #71 of 325 | Idtechex.comidtechex.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #72 of 325 | Inneos.cominneos.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #73 of 325 | Lightmatter.colightmatter.co | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #74 of 325 | Machining-custom.commachining-custom.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #75 of 325 | Met3dp.commet3dp.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #76 of 325 | Pakcrypt.orgpakcrypt.org | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #77 of 325 | Poet-technologies.compoet-technologies.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #78 of 325 | Rapidefficient.comrapidefficient.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #79 of 325 | Rising Kashmirrisingkashmir.com | Editorial publication | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #80 of 325 | Samsung.comsamsung.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #81 of 325 | Semiwiki.comsemiwiki.com | Community and social platform | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #82 of 325 | Sensorso.comsensorso.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #83 of 325 | Sotonfab.co.uksotonfab.co.uk | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #84 of 325 | St.comst.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #85 of 325 | Techdesignforums.comtechdesignforums.com | Community and social platform | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #86 of 325 | Tekmos.comtekmos.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #87 of 325 | Tickeron.comtickeron.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #88 of 325 | Ttp.comttp.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #89 of 325 | Uprojectspartner.comuprojectspartner.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #90 of 325 | Vlsifacts.comvlsifacts.com | Other observed source | 1.72% | 4 | 232 | 12 |
| #91 of 325 | Allenpress.comallenpress.com | Other observed source | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #92 of 325 | Anebon.comanebon.com | Other observed source | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #93 of 325 | Atlas-scientific.comatlas-scientific.com | Other observed source | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #94 of 325 | Cfraresearch.comcfraresearch.com | Other observed source | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #95 of 325 | Cnctitanium.comcnctitanium.com | Other observed source | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #96 of 325 | Datamintelligence.comdatamintelligence.com | Analyst and consulting research | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #97 of 325 | Design Newsdesignnews.com | Editorial publication | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #98 of 325 | E-bi.come-bi.com | Other observed source | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #99 of 325 | Elektorelektormagazine.com | Editorial publication | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
| #100 of 325 | Equipic.comequipic.com | Other observed source | 1.29% | 3 | 232 | 12 |
Showing the first 100 rows from 325 observed domains.
Cite this
Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai. Deep Tech & Hardware / Is it worth it: 325 observed source domains in the leaderboard, measured on 232 observed runs across 12 distinct run dates, 2026-05-10 to 2026-11-02. Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15. https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/deep-tech-hardware/is_x_worth. CC BY 4.0.Parrott, J. (2026). Deep Tech & Hardware / Is it worth it in the Machine Relations Index (Version mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15) [Data set]. Machine Relations Research. https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/deep-tech-hardware/is_x_worth https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423@misc{parrott2026mrideeptechhardwareisxworth,
author = {Parrott, Jaxon},
title = {Deep Tech \& Hardware / Is it worth it in the Machine Relations Index},
year = {2026},
version = {mri\_score\_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15},
publisher = {Machine Relations Research},
url = {https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/deep-tech-hardware/is_x_worth},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23652423},
license = {CC-BY-4.0},
note = {Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai}
}Release and boundary
What this segment measures
Published November 2, 2026. The observation window runs May 10, 2026 to November 2, 2026. Methodology v2.1.
MRI measures observed root-domain citations inside monitored prompts. Segment rates are conditional on this sample and do not claim recommendation quality, traffic, placement availability, or commercial performance.