run on caps

Jun 27, 2026 Last reply: 3 weeks ago 3 Replies

In the financial news, there's a crisis brewing on the supply of MLCCs. Sorta like toilet paper in the early days of covid.



Are you seeing that?



I wonder which values are involved. Do AI data centers use 0805's?


John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics


Google cites 22uF 0805 as an example. Aren’t you often telling us folk massively over bypass rails? Perhaps they’ll discover the chips run fine with far fewer caps :)

I knew a guy who didn't use bypass caps. His stuff worked.

My default nowadays is 2.2u 35v 0603.

John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics

Are you talk about bulk capacitance?

Cheers

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