Best way to do competitive analysis for a niche chip category?

For power management ICs specifically, I'd lean on a combo of teardown reports from firms like Techinsights or IHS Markit plus patent filings to track R&D direction. Also worth pulling distributor data from Digi-Key/Mouser — pricing trends and stock levels tell you a lot about who's actually winning design-ins. If you can get to any industry events like APEC, competitor booth conversations are gold.