We provide a highly summarized statement and comparison of each company from the following five perspectives: main products, core technologies, key applications, major clients, and competitive advantages. Although data such as the number of employees, the ratio of R&D personnel, the number of patents filed, and financial reports can provide a more intuitive comparison, most manufacturers are private companies, and the data we have obtained cannot fully and objectively reflect the comprehensive strength of these companies. Therefore, we have not listed these quantitative indicators here.
Basic Information Statistics Distribution of 50 Domestic MCU Manufacturers
Six Major Application Areas of MCUs and Top Manufacturers
In the Chinese market, the applications of MCUs are mainly in the following six areas. We categorize the products of these 50 MCU manufacturers into corresponding application categories based on their product characteristics and shipment volumes, but this does not mean that a company only provides solutions for one application industry. Domestic MCU manufacturers are mostly concentrated in the home appliance and consumer electronics application fields, where competition is already very fierce. In the automotive electronics and industrial control fields, domestic MCU manufacturers still have a significant gap in technology, products, and application solutions compared to international giants, and there are not many manufacturers capable of providing automotive-grade MCU chips.
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Information Summary of 50 MCU Manufacturers
GigaDevice
Main Products: Flash memory chips, microcontrollers, and sensors
Core Technologies: SPI NOR Flash, general-purpose MCUs based on Arm Cortex-M and RISC-V cores, optical and ultrasonic sensing, and CMEMS process technology.
Key Applications: Consumer electronics, industrial control, automotive fields
Major Clients: Servicing over 20,000 clients globally, including Hikvision, Dahua, Uniview, Nova, DJI, Xiaomi ecosystem, Ecovacs, Roborock, iFlytek, New Beiyang, etc.
Competitive Advantages: A complete product line and a multi-dimensional ecosystem that meets various design needs of customers.
Chipsea Technologies
Main Products: Industrial-grade microcontroller chips and OLED display driver chips. The company’s microcontroller system main control chip is mainly used for home appliance control, lithium battery management, motor control, smart meters, and IoT fields. The OLED display driver chip is mainly used for screen display driving in mobile phones and wearable products.
Core Technologies: High-precision ADC architecture blood pressure meter microprocessor, driving circuit and driving current control methods and processors. The company’s products are characterized by high cost performance, high reliability, low defect rate, and high pass rate, making it a leading enterprise in domestic home appliance microcontroller main control chips.
Key Applications: White goods, home appliances, kitchen appliances, electric bicycles, power tools, fans, computer peripherals (keyboards and mice), electric meters, lithium battery management, and AMOLED mobile phones, watches, and wristband display driver chips.
Major Clients: Midea, Galanz, Joyoung, Supor, Boss, Chigo, Bosch, Sunwoda, Lenovo, OPPO, Aux, Little Swan, Haier, Yuyue, Jiuan, etc.
Competitive Advantages: High cost performance, high reliability, low defect rate, high pass rate, rooted in China, close to the Chinese market and customers.
Shenzhen Zhongwei
Main Products: Microcontrollers, touch sensing, motor driving, health measurement, power management, wireless connectivity, power modules, display drivers, and dedicated chips.
Core Technologies: 8-bit/32-bit design and high-precision analog, wireless RF, driving, and algorithm high-quality and high-reliability product platform.
Key Applications: Home appliances, brushless motors, wireless connectivity, new energy, smart security, industrial control, automotive applications.
Major Clients: Midea, Galanz, and other home appliance manufacturers, consumer electronics companies, etc.
Competitive Advantages: A chip design company with six essential technical capabilities, focusing on MCU, high-quality, high-precision analog, wireless RF, power driving, and software algorithm technological innovation, leading the development of mixed-signal chip industry with core technology breakthroughs and consistently serving customers.
Espressif Technology
Main Products: Wi-Fi MCU communication chips, ESP32-S2 (equipped with a single-core 32-bit processor and integrated RISC-V coprocessor).
Core Technologies: High-power Wi-Fi RF technology, heterogeneous implementation of Wi-Fi IoT.
Key Applications: Smart home, IoT, wearable devices.
Major Clients: IoT device manufacturers.
Competitive Advantages: Leading position in the field of IoT Wi-Fi MCU communication chips.
Shanghai Belling
Main Products: Smart metering SoC, power management, non-volatile memory, high-speed high-precision ADC, industrial control semiconductors.
Core Technologies: Next-generation smart meter metering, 5G communication data converter technology.
Key Applications: Electric meters, mobile phones, LCD TVs and tablet displays, set-top boxes.
Major Clients: Power grid and supply companies.
Competitive Advantages: Smart meter metering technology and application solutions.
National Technology
Main Products: Security chips, general-purpose MCUs, trusted computing, smart cards, financial payment terminals, Bluetooth, RCC, and other innovative products.
Core Technologies: Information security, low-power SoC, wireless RF connection technology.
Key Applications: Network security certification, financial IC cards, electronic certificates, trusted computing, mobile payment and mobile security, IoT, industrial control, smart home appliances and smart home IoT terminals, smart metering, security, medical electronics, motor driving, battery and energy management, biometrics, communications, sensors, machine automation, and other industry applications.
Major Clients: Banking financial institutions, government agencies, water, electricity, gas, and heat companies, smart home/appliance manufacturers, IoT solution/terminal device manufacturers, and well-known domestic and foreign server/computer/personal mobile device/embedded system manufacturers.
Competitive Advantages: Providing industry-leading high integration, high reliability, low power consumption, and secure full series of MCUs and security chip products and solutions.
Fudan Microelectronics
Main Products: Low-power MCUs, smart card financial IC chips, smart meter chips, EEPROM.
Core Technologies: PUF (Physically Unclonable Function) chip technology, security chip technology embedded with national secret SM9 algorithm.
Key Applications: Smart meters, smart water, gas, and heat meters, security and fire protection, health care, smart home.
Major Clients: Weisheng Group, Linyang, Sanchuan Wisdom, Hangzhou Samsung, Chint, Bengbu Yiai, Jindun Electronics, Weixing, Newell, Kaidishi, Jinka, Angel, etc.
Competitive Advantages: Engaged in MCU research and design since 1999, deeply cultivating smart meters for over 20 years, with a market share exceeding 60%; flourishing in water, gas, heat, IoT, and home appliance fields.
Huada Semiconductor
Main Products: Low-power MCUs, high-performance analog devices, power devices, and wide bandgap semiconductors.
Core Technologies: Security and smart card chip technology, ultra-low power industrial control and automotive-grade microprocessor technology, core power devices for industrial control and automotive electronics, third-generation SiC power semiconductor technology.
Key Applications: Industrial control, automotive electronics, secure IoT.
Major Clients: Industrial automation equipment manufacturers, automotive parts manufacturers, IoT device manufacturers, etc.
Competitive Advantages: A conglomerate of integrated circuit companies under the China Electronics Corporation (CEC), with strong capabilities in semiconductor R&D technology, talent, application solutions, and capital.
Neusoft Carrier Microelectronics
Main Products: HR7P/ES7P/7H series 8-bit MCUs, HR8P/ES8P series 32-bit MCUs, ES32F series 32-bit MCUs.
Core Technologies: 8-bit/32-bit MCU design and development.
Key Applications: Smart home, smart appliances, smart buildings, smart communities, smart healthcare, automotive electronics, drones, industrial control, smart internet, smart agriculture, etc.
Major Clients: State Grid Corporation, Haier Group, Xiaomi, Supor, AUPU, OPPE, etc.
Competitive Advantages: Providing customers with overall solutions from chips to systems, leading customers into the era of smart IoT.
Chipsea Technology
Main Products: ADC/DAC, MCU.
Core Technologies: High-precision ADC, high-reliability MCU, vital sign measurement sensing technology.
Key Applications: Health measurement, industrial measurement, pressure touch, consumer electronics, etc.
Major Clients: Vivo, Xiaomi, etc.
Competitive Advantages: A full signal chain chip design enterprise.
Shengxi Microelectronics
Main Products: MCU.
Core Technologies: MCU design and development.
Key Applications: Small appliances, consumer electronics, security.
Major Clients: Xiaomi, Huawei, LG, Mulinsen, Midea, Minhua, Haier, Hisense, Skyworth, TCL, etc.
Competitive Advantages: High cost performance.
Lingdong Microelectronics
Main Products: MCU.
Core Technologies: 32-bit MCU technology.
Key Applications: Home appliances, industrial, transportation, automotive, health, consumer, IoT, mobile phones, and peripherals.
Major Clients: Home appliance manufacturers, etc.
Competitive Advantages: Professional, reliable, convenient, efficient.
XW Microelectronics
Main Products: Mixed-signal ultra-low power industrial/automotive-grade high-reliability MCU/DSP chips, high-performance low-power smart lock mSOC, motor/power/battery/RF SOC.
Core Technologies: MCU/DSP using self-invented KungFu32/KungFu32D cores, XW has long adhered to low-power embedded storage IP, various analog IP, high-reliability technology iteration and accumulation, ensuring that MCUs can reliably operate in a wide temperature range of -40~125 degrees, with good consistency and stability to meet the application requirements of various automotive and industrial equipment in complex environments; XW automotive-grade chips have passed AEC-Q100 Grade-1 certification.
Key Applications: Automotive electronics, industrial control, power electronics, communication facilities, variable frequency servo, digital power, AIoT.
Major Clients: Huawei, Dongfeng, Geely, SAIC Volkswagen, Philips, GE, Bosch/Siemens, etc.
Competitive Advantages: Possessing core products and technologies, successfully delivering over 500 million industrial and automotive-grade MCUs and various mixed-signal SOC products to users in a purely market-driven commercial demand environment, continuously investing in product R&D and market promotion, driving breakthroughs and developments of KungFu architecture MCU/DSP in industrial, automotive, AIoT, power, communications, and medical fields, and developing the KungFu processor platform into a general platform, becoming an important pillar of global embedded computing.
Shenzhen Hangshun
Main Products: MCU, EEPROM, NOR FLASH, LCD driver, ultra-low power voltage regulator LDO family.
Core Technologies: Large storage, ultra-low power, high process, stable performance.
Key Applications: Three meters, automotive, home appliances, medical, communication devices, industrial control, smart home, high-end smart toys, etc.
Major Clients: Shangfu Electric, Baolite, Chint Group, Nari Group, Shanghai Huguang, Lierda, Skyworth, Changhong, etc.
Competitive Advantages: Software and hardware compatibility with imported chips, ultra-low power, stable performance, price advantage.
Jihai Semiconductor
Main Products: General microcontrollers, low-power Bluetooth chips, security chips, etc.
Core Technologies: 8/16/32-bit CPU and DPS independent design, multi-core heterogeneous SoC chip design technology, security encryption chip design technology.
Key Applications: Industrial control, consumer electronics, medical devices, smart home, etc., suitable for bill printers, electric bicycles, blood oxygen meters, robotic arms, intercoms, sweeping machines, etc.
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Competitive Advantages: Jihai Semiconductor has 20 years of experience in the integrated circuit industry; it has unique advantages in security chip technology, compatible design technology, and MCU/SoC chip technology; it has R&D centers in Zhuhai, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and the United States; annual chip shipment volume is about 300 million pieces.
Hangzhou Wangao
Main Products: Industrial-grade high-performance main control chips, etc.
Core Technologies: Frequency bandwidth design technology, resource sharing technology, synchronization technology, and fast interrupt response technology, etc.
Key Applications: Edge terminal devices, etc.
Major Clients: Most domestic electric meter manufacturers and some terminal manufacturers.
Competitive Advantages: Innovative architecture of main control chips and achieving high-performance indicators.
Sitek Microelectronics
Main Products: 8-bit and 32-bit MCUs and supporting analog power chips for automotive and industrial applications.
Core Technologies: Automotive-grade embedded flash manufacturing processes certified by ISO/TS16949, automotive-grade packaging, and strict testing that meets AEC-Q100 Grade 1 specifications.
Key Applications: Automotive lighting, in-vehicle pre-installed wireless charging, etc.
Major Clients: Automotive parts manufacturers.
Competitive Advantages: A supplier of MCUs and analog chips with large-scale shipments in the automotive electronics pre-installed market.
Betel Electronics
Main Products: Touch and display driver chips, biometric (fingerprint recognition) chips, 3D pressure sensors, MCUs, etc.
Core Technologies: Touch and microprocessor chip design technology.
Key Applications: Touch chips, fingerprint recognition, smart locks, etc.
Major Clients: Xiaomi, Transsion, Lenovo, ASUS, Tianlong, Walmart, ADVAN.
Competitive Advantages: Focused on analog technology and mixed-signal technology, recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as an innovative high-tech company in integrated circuit design.
Atmel Technology
Main Products: AT32F407, AT32F403A, AT32F403, AT32F413, AT32F415, AT32F421.
Core Technologies: 55nm advanced process ARM® Cortex®-M4 32-bit microcontroller R&D.
Key Applications: Mini printers, balance scooters, three-axis handheld stabilizers, electronic whiteboards, fingerprint recognition, sweeping robots, electric vehicle controllers and instruments, 5G energy storage boards, stage lighting, educational robots, and other consumer and industrial terminal device applications.
Major Clients: Xiaomi and related enterprises in the ecosystem, Guangzhou CNC equipment, Zhuhai Jiabo Technology, Guilin Feiyu Technology, etc.
Competitive Advantages: All series of MCU chips adopt 55nm advanced process technology and ARM® Cortex®-M4 core, featuring high main frequency, wide temperature range of -40°C~+105°C, and high reliability and safety.
Qin Heng Microelectronics
Main Products: BLE, MCU, interface conversion chips.
Core Technologies: USB/BLE/Ethernet/PCIE and hardware and software design of microcontrollers.
Key Applications: Consumer electronics, IoT, industrial control, information security, security monitoring.
Major Clients: IoT device manufacturers.
Competitive Advantages: Key technologies are fully self-developed (digital + analog + RF), seamless integration between hardware and software, providing customers with professional and easy-to-use high cost-performance chip solutions.
Huichun Technology
Main Products: YS4004 series, YS62FXXXX series, YS68FXXXX series, MDT series chips.
Core Technologies: Gesture recognition, touch IC, McKinsey MCU, optoelectronic sensors.
Key Applications: Small appliance field.
Major Clients: Midea, Fotile, Panasonic, Boss, Sakura, iHORN, BYD, Honda, Haon, etc.
Competitive Advantages: The first domestic company to mass-produce gesture recognition chips and modules.
Jiefa Technology
Main Products: AC781X series 32-bit automotive-grade MCUs, AC7801x series 32-bit automotive-grade MCUs.
Core Technologies: Automotive-grade AEC-Q100 Grade 1 certification passed, zero failure, super strong ESD protection, and anti-interference capability in harsh environments.
Key Applications: Automotive body control systems, cooling systems, lighting systems, and high-reliability industrial control, industrial motor applications, etc.
Major Clients: Major domestic vehicle manufacturers and automotive electronic component suppliers.
Competitive Advantages: Development of automotive air conditioning controllers based on domestic chip platforms, focusing on automotive electronic IC design.
Fengshan Technology
Main Products: Motor control chips MCU/ASIC, motor drive chips HVIC, motor-specific power devices MOSFET, intelligent power modules IPM, etc.
Core Technologies: Motor control chip design technology, motor design technology, driving architecture, sensor technology, and motor vector control algorithms, etc.
Key Applications: Consumer electronics, power tools, sports and travel, IT and communication devices, smart robots, industrial and automotive applications, etc.
Major Clients: Midea, Xiaomi, Dayang Motor, Haier, Fotile, Vatti, Joyoung, Airmate, Panasonic, Philips, Nidec, etc.
Competitive Advantages: R&D and design of dedicated chips for BLDC motor drive control; integration of chip technology, motor drive architecture technology, and motor technology.
Xinseng Electronics
Main Products: 8-bit 8051 and 32-bit ARM microcontroller products.
Core Technologies: 8-bit 8051 and 32-bit ARM microprocessor R&D technology.
Key Applications: Small appliances, fire safety, digital electronics, industrial control, automotive electronics.
Major Clients: Xiaomi, Huawei, Philips, Supor, Feike, Ecovacs, NetEase Yanxuan, Pisen, etc.
Competitive Advantages: High reliability, high cost performance.
Shidai Minxin
Main Products: Aerospace microprocessors, industrial microprocessors.
Core Technologies: Application processor technology.
Key Applications: Aerospace, industrial control.
Major Clients: AVIC, Aerospace Science and Technology.
Competitive Advantages: High-reliability microprocessors suitable for extreme working environments.
Zhuhai Juxin
Main Products: ATS series, ATJ series, ATB series, and QUAD-CORE series audio and multimodal interaction processing chips.
Core Technologies: Ultra-low power Bluetooth SoC, audio and video processing, wireless connectivity.
Key Applications: Bluetooth speakers, TWS headphones, voice interaction.
Major Clients: AMAZON, Xiaomi, Meizu, etc.
Competitive Advantages: Leader in Bluetooth SoC, globally leading supplier of audio-visual chips in the field of artificial intelligence.
Zhuhai Jianrong
Main Products: Low-power Bluetooth audio chips, 8-bit MCUs.
Core Technologies: Ultra-low power Bluetooth and voice processing technology.
Key Applications: Bluetooth speakers, MP3, smart home, video and storage solutions.
Major Clients: Consumer electronics manufacturers, etc.
Competitive Advantages: One-stop design and solutions for audio, video, storage, and industrial control products.
Suzhou Guoxin
Main Products: C0, C200, C300, C400, C2000, C8000, C9000 and other 43 high-performance embedded CPU series; built a series SoC chip design platform and application software and hardware development platform centered on C*Core; fingerprint login biometric chip.
Core Technologies: High-performance low-power C*Core 32-bit embedded CPU core, SoC chip design platform for different applications, providing authorization, design services, and developing self-owned chip products.
Key Applications: Information security, smart grid, financial security, electronic government affairs, industrial control, office automation, etc.
Major Clients: Computer equipment manufacturers, information security system companies, etc.
Competitive Advantages: Adhering to the path of independent innovation, safety and controllability, and compatibility with international mainstream.
Suzhou Huaxin
Main Products: General MCUs, wireless codec, sensor controllers, motor driver chips.
Core Technologies: MCU, RF, sensor, motor driver, and other digital and mixed-signal chip design and R&D technology.
Key Applications: Humidifiers, nebulizers, headphone charging cases, and other consumer electronics, smart home, and industrial control.
Major Clients: Home appliance and consumer electronics manufacturers, etc.
Competitive Advantages: Committed to the design and R&D of digital and mixed-signal chips, mainly serving consumer and industrial terminal markets, especially in the field of smart control.
Shanghai Yunji
Main Products: Broadband power line carrier communication chips, smart wearable CPUs, ultra-low power CPU core Bolt, high-performance CPU core Storm.
Core Technologies: Independent CPU core design and SoC chip and system technology.
Key Applications: Smart home, smart city, power communication.
Major Clients: Communication and IoT device manufacturers.
Competitive Advantages: CR600 and CR700 series 32-bit IoT MCU chips based on broadband power line carrier communication technology.
Saiyuan Microelectronics
Main Products: General MCUs, touch MCUs, motor drive MCUs, etc.
Core Technologies: Industrial-grade general and dedicated Flash MCU technology.
Key Applications: Small and large household appliances, industrial control, motor driving, medical health, security, consumer, etc.
Major Clients: Home appliance manufacturers and industrial control equipment manufacturers.
Competitive Advantages: Nearly 20 years of accumulation in industrial-grade MCU technology, with a complete quality control and management system.
BYD Semiconductor
Main Products: Automotive-grade MCUs, industrial-grade MCUs, smart control ICs, power management ICs, power devices, smart sensors, optoelectronic semiconductors.
Core Technologies: Automotive-grade MCU technology, IGBT.
Key Applications: Automotive electronics, industrial control, smart vehicle, home appliances and consumer electronics, photovoltaic inverters.
Major Clients: BYD.
Competitive Advantages: Automotive IGBT power devices and automotive-grade MCUs.
Qipuwei Semiconductor
Main Products: Automotive-grade MCUs, position sensors, battery management, isolated digital communication interfaces, automotive V2X chips.
Core Technologies: Automotive-grade Hall sensor chips, automotive-grade MCUs, vehicle networking V2X communication chips, and intelligent automotive sensing and control chip core technologies for battery management (BMS) of new energy vehicles.
Key Applications: Body applications BCM and motor applications, etc. automotive electronic solutions.
Competitive Advantages: Automotive-grade MCUs and sensors.
Hongjing Technology
Main Products: 8051 microcontrollers.
Competitive Advantages: High speed, low power consumption, ultra-low price.
Zhi Xiang Er Microelectronics
Main Products: High-performance embedded processors, server-grade MCUs.
Competitive Advantages: RISC-V processor technology.
Juqian Optoelectronics
Main Products: Smart meter-related metering chips, MCUs, and power line carrier chips.
Core Technologies: Single-phase and three-phase energy metering technology, power line carrier communication technology.
Key Applications: Smart meters, power communication.
Competitive Advantages: High market share of single-phase and three-phase MCU chips.
Ruina Semiconductor
Main Products: Security encryption chips, low-power security MCUs, NFC and control chips, driver chips.
Core Technologies: Security encryption and ultra-low power technology.
Key Applications: Digital set-top boxes, automotive electronics, security monitoring, smart transportation, IoT terminals, smart terminals, biometrics, water, electricity, gas three meters, industrial control.
Huaxin Microtech
Main Products: TFT-LCD display and human-machine interface (HMI) driver chips, motor-specific MCUs, general MCUs for home appliances and industrial control.
Core Technologies: Variable frequency air conditioning compressor control chip technology.
Key Applications: Motor control, TFT-LCD control, white goods, smart control, and industrial control instruments.
Sigma and Core Microelectronics
Main Products: Touch chips, MCUs, power management chips, PC peripheral control chips.
Key Applications: PC peripheral products.
Aipute
Main Products: Ultra-low power 32-bit microprocessors (MCUs), IoT security main control SOC, and capacitive touch and voice interaction chips.
Key Applications: Consumer electronics, home appliances, smart home, industrial control security.
Lingou Chuangxin
Main Products: Motor drive control MCUs, gate driver chips, DC-DC/AC-DC power chips.
Core Technologies: Motor control and driver chip technology.
Key Applications: Electric vehicles, servo control, robotics, power tools, drones, home appliances, etc.
Taixin Semiconductor
Main Products: WiFi HaLow SoC chips, industrial control MCUs, consumer electronics MCUs.
Core Technologies: Mixed signal, RF, processors, 802.11 protocol family, motor control, etc.
Key Applications: Lithium battery power tools, consumer electronics, smart home, security monitoring, drone transmission, smart metering, smart locks, smart grids, smart hospitals, logistics robots, etc.
Juyuan Microelectronics
Main Products: MCUs, RF chips, power application ICs.
Key Applications: LED lighting, chargers/adapters, smart home, IoT, smart meters, smart control, etc.
Jiantian Electronics
Main Products: MCU+, power management, HPA signal chain, sensors, signal conditioning, AIoT modules.
Core Technologies: Low power consumption, NVM storage, high-performance analog, sensors.
Key Applications: Wireless charging, printing, smart home, GPS intercom, human-computer interaction (screen-related), motion control, and artificial intelligence.
Hongyun Technology
Main Products: MCU+DSP series.
Core Technologies: Dual-core SOC chips with built-in MCU and DSP.
Key Applications: Motor control, Qi standard wireless charging, inverters, wearable devices, microphone arrays, etc.
Minxi Microelectronics
Main Products: Microprocessors and high-voltage analog chips.
Key Applications: Industrial control, rail transportation, IoT (IoT), and home entertainment markets.
Zhongwei Aixin
Main Products: MCUs, TN/STN LCD display drivers, LED display drivers, audio, 74/4000, touch.
Key Applications: Home appliances, IoT, audio and video electronics, automotive, industrial control, communication.
Xian Endi
Main Products: General 8-bit/32-bit MCUs, power meters + BMS MCUs, fast charging full protocol SoCs, optical module main control SoCs, motor drive MCUs.
Key Applications: Lead-acid charging/lithium battery charging, electric toothbrushes, optical communication modules, full protocol fast charging chips, motor drives, electronic cigarettes, encrypted smoke cartridges, nebulizers, power meters, lithium battery management, etc.
Haisuxin
Main Products: 4-bit/8-bit/32-bit MCUs, power management, and RF devices.
Key Applications: Consumer electronics, communication, and computer peripheral products.
Jinrui Technology
Main Products: 8-bit Flash microcontroller series, radio series chips, DAB receiving module series.
Key Applications: Audio, home appliances, lighting, clock-controlled radio application solutions.
