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MARCH 2026

microchip.com Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the microchip.com engineering team.

See how AI-active teams rank this week on the Exceeds Leaderboards.

The microchip.com engineering team reports 74.8% AI adoption, 1.15× productivity lift, and 20.1% code quality across recent work.

These metrics track how AI integrates into delivery pipelines, how throughput changes when assistance is used, and the health of AI-supported code review outcomes.

What this report measures

We analyze commits and diffs to estimate AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for your engineering organization.

How to interpret these metrics

Use these signals to understand how AI assistance fits into day-to-day development, where enablement efforts drive throughput, and how review practices keep quality steady.

AI Adoption Rate

HIGH

74.8%

AI assistance is present in 74.8% of recent commits for microchip.com.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.15×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 15% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

20.1%

Review insights show 20.1% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the microchip.com team performing with AI?

The microchip.com engineering team reports 74.8% AI adoption, translating into 1.15× productivity lift while sustaining 20.1% code quality. These outcomes suggest AI-supported reviews are embedded in day-to-day delivery without trading off reliability.

Manager Questions Answered

Real questions engineering leaders ask about AI productivity, with live benchmarks and company-specific data.

What's a good company AI adoption rate?

microchip.com is at 74.8%. This is 31.1pp above the community median (43.7%)..

74.8%

Roughly in line43.7% Community Median

Spot squads sitting below the median and pair them with high-adoption champions to share workflows.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

microchip.com operates at 1.15×. This is 0.02× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.15×

Roughly in line1.13× Community Median

Instrument reviewer assignment and AI summaries to trim the slowest merge steps and edge past the median.

How does AI affect code quality?

microchip.com holds AI-assisted quality at 20.1%. This is 3.1pp below the community median (23.3%)..

20.1%

Roughly in line23.3% Community Median

Invest in AI-specific test checklists and shadow reviews to keep quality slightly ahead of peers.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI impact is concentrated—77.1% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

77.1%

Run prompt-sharing sessions, codify AI review checklists, and incentivize broad participation.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

microchip.com has a solid ROI signal with room to strengthen either adoption, lift, or quality before presenting to executives.

Document case studies where AI accelerates delivery while maintaining quality, and expand playbooks across teams.

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How Your Company Ranks

See how top engineering organizations compare across AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality.

AI Adoption

% of commits with AI assistance

Companies in this quartile:

DI

dimagi.com

(87.5%)

PO

postgresql.org

(87.5%)

BL

bloq.com

(21.4%)

DA

daimond113.com

(21.4%)

Top 25% of teams adopt AI in 65-75% of their commits.

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

IN

inngest.com

(4.82×)

U.

u.nus.edu

(2.87×)

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

Top performers sustain 1.5× cycle-time improvements over six months when embedding AI into workflows.

Code Quality

Post-merge defect rate

Companies in this quartile:

IN

inngest.com

(701.7%)

ID

idesie.com

(649.2%)

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

Top 25% maintain quality above 92% while expanding AI usage, pairing automation with rigorous guardrails.

Rankings based on aggregated Exceeds AI dataset of 1.2M commits across open-source and enterprise engineering teams (Q4 2025).

Top contributors

Top contributors combine high AI adoption and quality output. Encourage internal sharing of best practices.

TH

Tony Han

Commits66
AI Usage89.4%
Productivity Lift1.34x
Code Quality20.0%
AJ

Ajay.Kathat@microchip.com

Commits2
AI Usage46.8%
Productivity Lift1.13x
Code Quality77.2%
JG

Jamie Gibbons

Commits18
AI Usage89.3%
Productivity Lift1.02x
Code Quality20.0%
FN

farsin NASAR V A

Commits1
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.02x
Code Quality20.0%
PV

Parthiban Veerasooran

Commits20
AI Usage53.8%
Productivity Lift1.00x
Code Quality20.0%

Encourage knowledge transfer from top AI users to others through internal mentoring or recorded "AI coding walkthroughs." Balanced adoption across the team typically improves overall performance by 12-15%.

Cross-Organization Network

Shared Repositories

16

ajaykathat

geerlingguy/linux

NVIDIA/linux-firmware

manikandan-m11

flipperdevices/u-boot

AzharMCHP

Zephyr4Microchip/zephyr

renesas/zephyr

+1 more

jamiegibbons

flipperdevices/u-boot

home-assistant/buildroot

ItsNayabSD

DragonBluep/openwrt

fengxi-mao-mchp

eclipse-theia/theia

Activity

129 Commits

Your Network

14 People
ajaykathat
Member
Farsin-Nasar-Microchip
Member
Eoin-Dickson
Member
fengxi-mao-mchp
Member
jamiegibbons
Member
Li-Fletch
Member
Luke-zhang-mchp
Member
manikandan-m11
Member
AzharMCHP
Member

Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

Equitable gains

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