Semiconductor manufacturers --------------------------- www.analog.com - Analog Devices www.ti.com - Texas Instruments www.maxim-ic.com - Maxim www.dalsemi.com - Dallas Semiconductor (now owned by Maxim) www.burr-brown.com - Burr Brown (now owned by TI) http://mot-sps.com - Motorola Semiconductors http://www.onsemi.com - On Semiconductor www.national.com - National (mostly analog stuff) www.fairchildsemi.com - Fairchild (mostly digital stuff - used to be National) www.linear.com - Linear Technologies Distributors ------------ www.newark.com www.insight-electronics.com www.avnetmarshall.com www.alliedelec.com Mail-order ---------- www.digikey.com www.jameco.com www.jdr.com www.mouser.com www.allelectronics.com www.mpja.com www.cir.com www.alltronics.com www.unicornelectronics.com If you need to find out who makes a chip from it's part number try: http://www.embeddedlinks.com/chipdir/ You can search by the number or prefix on a chip. They also have pin-outs and links to most IC manufacturers.