CHOKEPOINT
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ENTITY · mps

Monolithic Power SystemsMPWR

United States·analog mixed signal·major·$76.8B mkt cap

Fabless high-performance power management IC designer; key in AI servers.

CLEAR · 0–39
25/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis

CLEAR — Monolithic Power Systems: criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs compounded by sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance in analog mixed signal. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration3
Sole-Source Dependence48
Sanctions Exposure0
Downstream Criticality59
Sanctions Exposure

Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).

DoD Exposure

No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.

Segments
analog mixed signalpower
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
  • Scale AI · 2 hops · $105.6M
    Monolithic Power Systems → NVIDIA → Scale AI
Chokepoint Relationships

Key Suppliers · upstream · 0

No mapped upstream suppliers.

Key Customers · downstream · 2

Data Provenance· generated 2026-08-10 01:06:49Z
  • Consolidated Screening List (CSL) [LIVE] https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.json @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.039Z
  • USASpending.gov — DoD award search [LIVE] https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.377Z
  • Curated ownership aggregation [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z
  • Curated China-ecosystem + Nexperia edges (Phase B, CSET ETO + TechInsights + TrendForce + SCMP + BIS Entity List + Nexperia press release) [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z

Firm/commodity-level signals from public data — not component-level BOM. Scores are an analytic underwriting heuristic, not legal or procurement advice.