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Maxscend

300782Founded 2012Reviewed 2026-08-30

Maxscend Microelectronics (江苏卓胜微电子股份有限公司), founded in Wuxi, Jiangsu on August 10, 2012 and listed on ChiNext in June 2019 (300782.SZ), is China's leading RF front-end supplier of switches, LNAs, filters, PAs and RF modules for Android smartphones including Samsung and Xiaomi. Its Xinzhuo (芯卓) fab project - a 6-inch SAW line now in full-category volume production - is moving the company from fabless to fab-lite, pressuring margins as revenue declined in 2025.

Scale

~$518.4Mrevenue FY2025 · CNY 3.7B
~$5.6Bmarket cap · 2026-10-04

Gap vs frontier

Substitutesector position

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

Maxscend: substitute tier in Analog / power management, ~$518.4M FY2025 revenue.

The chip stackEach layer depends on the layers below it
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 down 15% since FY2023

Growth prospects

Expanding customer base and product roadmap

via maxscend.com ↗RF front-end discrete devices and modules are used across major global Android smartphone makers including Samsung and Xiaomi, plus wearables, base s…via yicai.com ↗Revenue of CNY 4.487 billion in 2024, up 2.48%, with net profit of CNY 402 million, down 64.2%, the lowest since IPO; Q4 2024 brought the first quart…

China competition

Competes with SG Micro, 3PEAK, Novosense, Silergy in Analog / power — peers listed at sector level.

Substitute

Global comparables

Global reference set: Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Infineon.

Skyworks

Technical gap

Sector rated substitute vs the frontier.

Obstacles

Sector bottleneck applies

Reliability, mixed-signal design depth, long qualification cycles, and high-end customer trust.

Official filings: static.cninfo.com.cn ↗ · 2025 semi-annual report (CNINFO) ↗

All sourced facts (8)
  • Listing status: Shenzhen Stock Exchange (ChiNext) · 300782 · A-share
  • Founded: August 10, 2012; headquartered in Binhu District, Wuxi, Jiangsu; legal representative Xu Zhihan via maxscend.com ↗
  • Listing: Shenzhen ChiNext, 300782.SZ, June 18, 2019; first listed company from Wuxi Binhu's IC industry cluster via maxscend.com ↗
  • Customers: RF front-end discrete devices and modules are used across major global Android smartphone makers including Samsung and Xiaomi, plus wearables, base stations and automotive electronics via maxscend.com ↗
  • FY2024 results: Revenue of CNY 4.487 billion in 2024, up 2.48%, with net profit of CNY 402 million, down 64.2%, the lowest since IPO; Q4 2024 brought the first quarterly loss since listing as the Xinzhuo fab ramp weighed on profits via yicai.com ↗
  • SAW filter progress: The 6-inch SAW filter line achieved full product-category coverage - duplexers, quad/hex-plexers and single-chip multi-band filters in volume production, plus modules integrating in-house filters via static.cninfo.com.cn ↗
  • FY2025 results: H1 2025 revenue of CNY 1.70 billion with a net loss of CNY 147 million; full-year 2025 revenue fell about 16-18% per company guidance, to CNY 3.73 billion, with a net loss of CNY 293 million via stcn.com ↗
  • Competitive backdrop: Skyworks and Qorvo announced a roughly $22 billion merger on October 28, 2025, consolidating the RF front-end industry where leading players still hold about 81% share via electronicdesign.com ↗

About

Designs RF switches, LNAs, filters, power amplifiers and integrated modules for mobile handsets and other wireless devices; wafer supply historically outsourced, increasingly self-produced through the Xinzhuo filter fab in Wuxi; sells to Android OEMs and module houses globally.

Founded 2012 · Ticker 300782

Why it matters

Maxscend is the flagship domestic challenger to Skyworks, Qorvo and Murata in RF front-end modules, the RF segment with the heaviest domestic-replacement stakes in Android phones. Its bet on in-house SAW filter manufacturing is the clearest test of whether a Chinese RF designer can vertically integrate against incumbents holding roughly 81% of the market.

Where it sits in the stack

Key semiconductor products

  • RF filters·SAW, incl. duplexers and multiplexers from the in-house 6-inch line
  • RF power amplifiers
  • RF front-end / connectivity chips

Financials

300782.SZ · Shenzhen ChiNext 300782.SZ · via Yahoo Finance ↗

Financial trajectory via annual filings via Yahoo Finance

RMB billions
RMB 4.38BRMB 1.12B
2023
RMB 4.49BRMB 0.4B
2024
RMB 3.73BRMB -0.29B
2025

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

Ecosystem

Global peer set

  • Skyworks
  • Qorvo
  • Murata
  • Broadcom
  • Qualcomm (RF360 heritage)

Competitive position

  • China's largest RF front-end supplier by revenue, shipping switches/LNAs and modules into Samsung, Xiaomi and other Android OEMs
  • Fab-lite transition via the Xinzhuo SAW/12-inch project differentiates it from domestic fabless RF peers but has compressed margins through 2024-2025
  • Global front-end leaders (Murata, Skyworks, Qorvo, Broadcom) retain roughly 81% market share, with the Skyworks-Qorvo merger consolidating the US camp
  • Insufficient primary signals to assess technical gap; RF front-end inferred from adjacent Yole market report only.
  • Global comparables: Skyworks
  • Global comparables: Qorvo
  • Global comparables: Murata
  • Global comparables: Broadcom

Milestones and signals

  • 2012—Maxscend was founded.
  • 2026-10-04—Market cap: RMB 40.3B
  • FY2025—Revenue: RMB 3.7B
  • FY2025—Net Profit: RMB -293M
  • Listing—Shenzhen Stock Exchange (ChiNext) · 300782 · A-share

What to watch

  • Return to profitability as Xinzhuo filter fab utilization scales and depreciation burden normalizes
  • Share defense in Android handset sockets against the merged Skyworks-Qorvo and price competition from domestic RF peers
  • Corporate-governance signals: a private placement proceeding while controlling shareholders announced share reductions

Questions

Last reviewed 2026-07-11

Answered questions

What is the measurable gap versus global reference companies?

Against Skyworks, Qorvo, Murata, and Broadcom: Insufficient primary signals to assess technical gap; RF front-end inferred from adjacent Yole market report only.

Open questions

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