Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics (Guoxin Micro; Chinese: 紫光国微; pinyin: Zǐguāng Guówēi) is a partially state-owned publicly listed Chinese semiconductor company headquartered in Tangshan, Hebei. Its main businesses are in integrated circuit chip designs, intelligent security chips, and power semiconductor devices.[2] It is estimated that in 2022, Guoxin Micro's estimated global share in SIM card chips tops 20%.[2]
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| Guoxin Micro | |
Native name | 紫光国芯微电子股份有限公司 |
| Formerly | Tongfang Guoxin Electronics |
| Company type | Public; State-owned enterprise |
| SZSE: 002049 | |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Predecessor | Tangshan Jingyuan Yufeng Electronics |
| Founded | August 17, 2001 |
| Headquarters | Tangshan, Hebei, China |
Key people | Ma Daojie (Chairman & CEO) |
| Revenue |  CN¥7.57 billion (2023) |
| CN¥2.53 billion (2023) | |
| Total assets | CN¥17.53 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | CN¥11.73 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | 2,543 (2023) |
| Parent | Tsinghua Unigroup |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Guoxin Micro is a subsidiary of Tsinghua Unigroup.
Background
editThe predecessor of Guoxin Micro was Tangshan Jingyuan Yufeng Electronics which was established in 1991. In August 2001, it completed completed its restructuring to become a joint-stock company.[3]
In June 2005, Jingyuan Electronics held its initial public offering become a listed company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.[3][4]
In June 2010, Tsinghua Tongfang acquired a 25% stake of Jingyuan Electronics making it the largest shareholder. This was done to provide more support to Jingyuan Electronics to upgrade its technology. Later on Tongfang became the controlling shareholder through a stock swap making Jingyuan part of the Tsinghua Holdings group.[3]
In July 2012, Jingyuan Electronics was officially renamed to Tongfang Guoxin Electronics.[3]
In November 2015, Tsinghua Unigroup stated it would buy a 36.4% stake in Tongfang Guoxin and become its controlling shareholder.[5] Tongfang Guoxin also planned an 80 billion yuan private placement but this was later suspended.[5][6] Tongfang Guoxin was later renamed to Unigroup Guoxin.[6]
In April 2018, Unigroup Guoxin was renamed to Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics.[6] In September 2018, Tsinghua Holdings sold further shares of Guoxin Micro to Tsinghua Unigroup which gave Tsinghua Unigroup a 51% stake.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2023 Annual Report" (PDF). Sina. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ a b TABETA, SHUNSUKE (27 July 2022). "Creation of China chip supply chain key for Tsinghua Unigroup revival". Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d 邹, 昕昕 (3 June 2014). "同方国芯中国梦：打造集成电路龙头" (PDF). Securities Times. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "晶源电子 首家中小板公司上市". 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b Dou, Eva (5 November 2015). "China's Tsinghua Unigroup to Build Memory Chip Factory". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d 财经无忌 (1 September 2020). "千亿紫光国微的前世今生-36氪". 36kr.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.