Skyverse Technology (Skyverse; Chinese: 中科飞测; pinyin: Zhōngkē Fēicè) is a partially state-owned publicly listed Chinese company that engages in the development and sale of equipment for testing and measuring semiconductors.
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Native name | 深圳中科飞测科技股份有限公司 |
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| Company type | Public; State-owned enterprise |
| SSE: 688361 | |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | December 31, 2014 |
| Founder | Chen Lu |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
Key people | Chen Lu (Chairman & CEO) |
| Revenue |  CN¥890.90 million (2023) |
| CN¥140.35 million (2023) | |
| Total assets | CN¥3.43 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | CN¥2.46 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | 875 (2023) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Background
editIn 2010, Chen Lu returned to China from the U.S. after obtaining his doctorate from Brown University and working for Rudolph Technologies and KLA-Tencor. He worked at The Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences where is headed an optical instruments and equipment project.[2]
In 2014, the project was spun-out as the company, Skyverse. Chen and his team from the institute moved from Beijing to Shenzhen to set up the company. Shenzhen was selected as it was a business cluster for semiconductor equipment companies. Investors of the company include Huawei, Shenzhen Capital Group and SDIC Venture Capital.[2][3]
Partnerships of Skyverse include Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, Yangtze Memory Technologies, Silan Microelectronics, and Tongfu Microelectronics.[2][4] In 2019, Skyverse started selling its chip semiconductor testing equipment to major Chinese chipmakers partially due to trade tensions with the U.S. It aims to take on KLA Corporation which is the world's biggest semiconductor testing tool provider.[3]
In May 2023, Skyverse held its initial public offering becoming a listed company by listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market.[5][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2023 Annual Report" (PDF). Sina.
- ^ a b c "背靠华为、深创投，中科飞测恢复IPO再闯科创板". news.qq.com (in Chinese (China)). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ a b Cheng, Ting Fang (11 April 2019). "Trade war gives China's chip equipment makers room to grow". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ a b Cheng, Kevin (27 June 2022). "Chinese semiconductor equipment makers eye expansion". DIGITIMES. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "中科飞测正式登陆A股 科创板再添高端半导体设备企业". www.stcn.com. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.