The numerically ordered list can be used to find the function and
manufacturer of unknown chips.
The information per chip is kept short to keep every entry on a single line of
text. Some entries have links to extended information.
To find a lot of chips that belong to the same category, use the functional
chip listings. The chips in these listings are the same as in the numerical
listing, but they are sorted per category.
To find chips for new hi-tech designs, you would need access to data about the
newest chips. It's currently not possible to add all of these on a regular
basis unless chip manufacturers will start sending their new released chips
to this directory. Some manufacturers already put their new releases
on their WWW sites, but to find the newest UART for example requires
a lot of browsing on the part of the designer. But time is on my side...
A very popular part of this chip directory is the list of chip
manufacturers.
But it's not yet clear if people only use the URLs or also the
phone numbers and even perhaps the address data? (Let me know..)