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Maxio Technology (联芸科技)联芸科技

688449Founded 2014maxio-tech.comReviewed 2026-08-30

Maxio (联芸科技) is a Hangzhou fabless chip designer founded in November 2014 that supplies consumer, enterprise and industrial SSD controller chips plus AIoT signal-processing chips, backed by Hikvision and supplying Longsys and YMTC. It listed on the STAR Market in November 2024 (688449) — the first STAR IPO after the new 'National Nine Articles' rules — reaching a market value above RMB 23 billion. FY2024 revenue was RMB 1.174 billion with net profit of about RMB 118 million.

Scale

~$184.6Mrevenue FY2025 · CNY 1.3B
~$3.6Bmarket cap · 2026-10-04

Gap vs frontier

Bottlenecksector position

Sector-level position; no priceable accelerator silicon to compare chip-by-chip.

Maxio Technology (联芸科技): bottleneck tier in Memory: DRAM / HBM / NAND, ~$184.6M FY2025 revenue.

The chip stackEach layer depends on the layers below it
1 · ChipsWhat the stack produces
2 · Design toolsSoftware and IP to design them
3 · ManufacturingPlants that turn designs into silicon
4 · EquipmentMachines inside the plants
5 · MaterialsWhat the plants consume

Company at a glance

Scale

Revenue up 28% since FY2023

Growth prospects

Expanding customer base and product roadmap

via hznews.hangzhou.com.cn ↗November 2024 on STAR Market (688449), the first STAR Market IPO approved after the new '国九条' rules; post-listing market value above RMB 23 billionvia vip.stock.finance.sina.com.cn ↗Revenue RMB 1.174 billion (+13.55% YoY); attributable net profit about RMB 118 million (+~127.8% YoY)

China competition

Competes with CXMT, YMTC, JHICC in Memory — peers listed at sector level.

Bottleneck

Global comparables

Global reference set: SK hynix, Samsung, Micron.

Marvell

Technical gap

Sector rated bottleneck vs the frontier.

Obstacles

Sector bottleneck applies

HBM, advanced DRAM nodes, tool restrictions, yield, packaging integration, and export controls.

Official filings: Sina Finance — FY2024 annual report ↗

All sourced facts (8)
  • Listing status: Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market (科创板) · 688449 · A-share
  • Founded: 2014-11 in Hangzhou (Binjiang district); Hikvision (海康威视) is a backing shareholder via stcn.com ↗
  • IPO: November 2024 on STAR Market (688449), the first STAR Market IPO approved after the new '国九条' rules; post-listing market value above RMB 23 billion via hznews.hangzhou.com.cn ↗
  • FY2024 results: Revenue RMB 1.174 billion (+13.55% YoY); attributable net profit about RMB 118 million (+~127.8% YoY) via vip.stock.finance.sina.com.cn ↗
  • Controller products: MAP1202 PCIe 3.0 x4 DRAM-less controller; MAP1602 4-channel DRAM-less controller (mass production from December 2021, PCIe 4.0 variants supporting <2400MT/s NAND); MAP1802 enterprise PCIe 5.0 controller entered mass-production testing and Gen5 products shipped in H1 2025 via maxio-tech.com ↗
  • Customers: Supplies Longsys (江波龙) and YMTC (长江存储); top-five customers were 73-76% of revenue in 2021-2023, with related-party 'Customer E' about 30% of revenue via stcn.com ↗
  • Market rank: Ranked by Chinese securities media as the world's second-largest SSD controller chip supplier and global top-tier; data-storage controllers were 63-83% of revenue in recent reporting periods via stcn.com ↗
  • Expansion: 2025: PCIe Gen5 enterprise controllers shipping into data-center applications; planned private placement of up to RMB 2.062 billion for data-center storage controller chips; H1 2025 revenue RMB 610 million (+15.68%), 2025 full-year net profit about RMB 142 million via q.stock.sohu.com ↗

About

Fabless sales of SSD main-control chips (PCIe 3.0/4.0/5.0, DRAM-less and enterprise), embedded storage chips and AIoT signal-processing/transmission chips to module makers and storage fabs; customer concentration high (top five about 73-76% of revenue in 2021-2023).

Founded 2014 · Ticker 688449

Why it matters

Maxio is China's leading independent SSD controller supplier and, per Chinese securities-media rankings, the world's second-largest SSD controller vendor; its PCIe 5.0 enterprise controller ramp matters for localizing the controller layer of China's storage stack alongside YMTC NAND.

Where it sits in the stack

Key semiconductor products

  • SSD controller chipsMAP1202 (PCIe 3.0 DRAM-less), MAP1602 (PCIe 4.0 DRAM-less), MAP1802 (enterprise PCIe 5.0)
  • Embedded storage chips
  • AIoT signal-processing and transmission chips·network communication
  • Data storage and data-processing chip solutions·specific families pending

Financials

688449.SS · Shanghai STAR Market 688449.SS · via Yahoo Finance ↗

Financial trajectory via annual filings via Yahoo Finance

RMB billions
RMB 1.03BRMB 0.05B
2023
RMB 1.17BRMB 0.12B
2024
RMB 1.33BRMB 0.14B
2025

Market data refreshed daily; annual figures from exchange filings. Figures in the reporting currency shown on the chart.

Ecosystem

Global peer set

  • Marvell
  • Silicon Motion (SMI)
  • Phison 群联
  • Novatek 联咏

Competitive position

  • China's leading independent SSD controller supplier; ranked second globally by shipment share in Chinese securities-media coverage
  • Competes against Marvell, Silicon Motion (慧荣), Phison and Novatek in NAND controllers, differentiating on DRAM-less cost efficiency and domestic NAND pairing with YMTC
  • Enterprise PCIe 5.0 controller ramp positions it for domestic data-center storage localization
  • Global comparables: Marvell
  • Global comparables: Silicon Motion (SMI)
  • Global comparables: Phison 群联
  • Global comparables: Novatek 联咏

Milestones and signals

  • 2014—Maxio Technology (联芸科技) was founded.
  • 2026-10-04—Market cap: RMB 25.7B
  • FY2025—Revenue: RMB 1.3B
  • FY2025—Net Profit: RMB 142M
  • Listing—Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market (科创板) · 688449 · A-share

What to watch

  • Enterprise PCIe 5.0 (MAP1802) volume adoption in data-center SSDs
  • RMB 2.062 billion placement for data-center controller R&D
  • Customer concentration risk (top-five share ~73-76%)
  • Competition from module-makers' in-house controllers and foreign vendors

Questions

Last reviewed 2026-07-11

Answered questions

What is the measurable gap versus global reference companies?

China's leading independent SSD controller supplier; ranked second globally by shipment share in Chinese securities-media coverage.

Open questions

  • Which products are qualified beyond pilots in fabless?
  • Which customers, fabs, or end markets show real adoption rather than policy interest?