GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. (SSE Stock Code 603986), founded in April 2005, is a leading global fabless supplier dedicated to developing advanced memory technologies, microcontrollers (MCUs), sensor, analog products and solutions. With a headquarters in Beijing, China, and over 1700 employees, GigaDevice has branch offices worldwide, including in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hefei, Xi'an, Chengdu, Suzhou, Hong Kong and Hsinchu, the United States, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany and Singapore to provide our customers with local support at their fingertips.
GigaDevice has strict standards in quality management, and has received the ISO26262:2018 automotive functional safety ASIL D certification, as well as ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, and Duns certifications. Besides, the Product Testing Center has been awarded CNAS (ISO/IEC17025) Laboratory Accreditation Certificate. In a constant quest to expand our technology offering to customers, GigaDevice has also formed strategic alliances with leading foundries, assembly, and test plants to streamline supply chain management.
GigaDevice’s major product lines include Flash memory, 32-bit general-purpose MCUs, intelligent Human-Machine Interface (HMI) sensors, analog products. Designed with high performance and low power in mind, GigaDevice offers turnkey solutions for market segments such as industrial, automotive, computing, consumer, IoT, mobile, and network/telecommunications. GigaDevice ranks #2 in the world in SPI NOR Flash, with accumulated shipments of over 23.7 billion since its inception. The GigaDevice line of GD32 MCUs is the leading high-performance 32-bit general-purpose microcontroller in China. With over 1.57 billion units shipped and over 600 part numbers for selection in 47 family series, GigaDevice provides solutions for a broad set of applications at the forefront of the market, and ranks #7 currently in the global 32-bit MCU market. GigaDevice also delivers fingerprint and touchscreen controller sensors to world-renowned mobile makers around the globe.
Performance
• In 2023, the company realized an operating income of CNY 5.76 billion. By the end of 2023, the total assets of the Company were CNY 16.456 billion.
• The company's operating income in the first quarter of 2024 was 1.627 billion yuan, a 21.32% increase compared to the same period last year.
R&D innovation
• The company invested CNY 1.067 billion in R&D, accounting for 18.52% of the revenue, which increased by 3.69% compared with the same period in 2022.
• About 73.5% of the employees are technicians, with about 56.93% of them possessing master’s degrees or above.
• The company has cumulatively granted 982 patents, and was honored to be included in the 2023 National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise list announced by the National Intellectual Property Administration.
Diversified Employment
• The company promoted diversified employment, about 36% of employees were female, about 25% managers were female, and 76 employees were from ethnic minority.
• The company prioritizes talent team development and offers diverse promotion pathways for its employees, with the training time per employee of 26.73 hours, which is increased by 113% compared with the same period in 2022.
Low-carbon operation
• The rooftop distributed photovoltaic project in Hefei office Area was successfully connected to the grid once, with an installed capacity of 267.3 KW.
• The company fully combines its technical expertise to integrate the concept of sustainable development into product innovation and development and had 243 granted patents related to clean technology.
• The company have further optimized the product packaging design to increase the reuse rate on the client side, reduce the use of plastic, and decrease white pollution.
Partners and ecosystem
• The company have established a supplier ESG evaluation system, and collected information on the use of renewable energy by suppliers to promote carbon footprint tracking efforts.
• The Company promoted the industry ecosystem development, actively attended industry summits, and worked together with industry partners to advance the technological innovation in the semiconductor field.
Public Welfare
• In 2023, the company invested CNY 1,321,265.55 on public welfare programs, with a total of 111 participants accumulating 92.33 hours.