Company at a glance
Scale
Revenue up 96% since FY2023
Growth prospects
Revenue trajectory FY2023–2025
China competition
Competes with GigaDevice, Nationz, Fudan Micro, Sino Wealth in MCU — peers listed at sector level.
Close behindGlobal comparables
Global reference set: STMicroelectronics, Infineon, NXP.
Global reference companies: Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics.Technical gap
Sector rated close behind vs the frontier.
Obstacles
Sector bottleneck applies
Automotive qualification, reliability, analog integration, and broad developer ecosystem.All sourced facts (3)
- Founded: 2003
- Headquarters: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Listing status: Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market · 688595 · A-share common stock
Why it matters
Chipsea is a Chinese fabless analog and mixed-signal chip designer whose product lineup centers on high-precision ADC, MCU, and RTC SoC cores for measurement and control applications. Its relevance to China's chip stack is as a domestic-substitution candidate in the signal-chain and sensing layer long held by global analog leaders such as TI, ADI, and ST. The test that matters is whether its analog and SoC parts move beyond consumer-electronics slots into volume industrial and automotive designs.
Where it sits in the stack
Key semiconductor products
- MCU·microcontrollerMixed-signal microcontrollers for control and sensing applications.
- RTC SoC
- High-precision ADC
- Measurement SoC
Financials
688595.SS · Shanghai STAR Market 688595.SS · via Yahoo Finance ↗
Financial trajectory via annual filings via Yahoo Finance
RMB billionsMarket data refreshed daily; annual figures from exchange filings. Figures in the reporting currency shown on the chart.
Ecosystem
Customers / end markets
- Consumer electronics
- Industrial measurement and control
- Smart home and IoT
Global peer set
- Global reference companies: Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics
Competitive position
- China position: Substitute.
- Domestic-substitution player in analog signal-chain and measurement ICs; competitive in mid-range consumer and industrial measurement, with the gap most pronounced at the high-precision and automotive-qualified end.
- Adoption bottleneck is qualification into high-end industrial and automotive designs beyond consumer-electronics slots.
- Global comparables: Global reference companies: Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics.
Milestones and signals
- 2003—Chipsea was founded.
- 2026-10-04—Market cap: RMB 4.3B
- FY2025—Revenue: RMB 849M
- FY2025—Net Profit: RMB -105M
- Listing—Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market · 688595 · A-share common stock
What to watch
- New product releases with disclosed specifications.
- Customer qualification, design-win, or volume-use signals.
- Revenue, capacity, shipment, market-share, or valuation updates.
- Export-control, supply-chain, or tooling constraints.
Questions
Last reviewed 2026-07-11Answered questions
Which customers, fabs, or end markets show real adoption rather than policy interest?
Named exposure so far: Consumer electronics, Industrial measurement and control, and Smart home and IoT.
What is the measurable gap versus global reference companies?
Against Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics: Domestic-substitution player in analog signal-chain and measurement ICs; competitive in mid-range consumer and industrial measurement, with the gap most pronounced at the high-precision and automotive-qualified end.
Open questions
- Which products are qualified beyond pilots in fabless?