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ZTE Microelectronics中兴微电子

0763.HK / 000063.SZ (parent ZTE Corporation)ShenzhenReviewed 2026-08-30

A fabless semiconductor design subsidiary inside ZTE that designs custom communication and consumer SoCs, primarily consumed internally by ZTE's carrier networks, enterprise, and consumer-device businesses, with limited external merchant-chip sales.

Scale

—no public financials

Gap vs frontier

Substitutesector position

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

The chip stackEach layer depends on the layers below it
1 · ChipsWhat the stack produces
Connectivity · Substitute
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

Candidate entry. ZTE Microelectronics is tracked for its place in the stack, but its full research profile is still being assembled — the sections below carry what exchange data and public reporting establish today.

Company at a glance

Scale

Listed · Connectivity

China competition

Competes with Huawei, Maxscend, Montage, Motorcomm in Connectivity — peers listed at sector level.

Substitute

Global comparables

Global reference set: Broadcom, Marvell, Nvidia.

Technical gap

Sector rated substitute vs the frontier.

Obstacles

US export-control exposure

listed · US BIS / Entity List and historical denial orders · ZTE parent was subject to a US export denial order in 2018 that halted US component supp…
All sourced facts (3)
  • Headquarters: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China (ZTE parent)
  • Sanctions / export controls: listed · US BIS / Entity List and historical denial orders · ZTE parent was subject to a US export denial order in 2018 that halted US component supply and drove a captive-silicon push; the chip subsidiary operates under continuing US export-control constraints
  • Listing status: Shenzhen Stock Exchange · 000063.SZ · ZTE Corporation A-shares

Why it matters

ZTE Microelectronics is the captive chip-design arm of ZTE Corporation, developing ASICs and SoCs that feed ZTE's telecom equipment, networking gear, and handset businesses. Its value to China's chip stack is vertical integration under US export-control pressure, but the real test is whether its silicon can substitute for merchant alternatives on performance-critical layers and whether it can win external customers beyond ZTE's own systems.

Where it sits in the stack

Compute

Connectivity / networking chips

Substitute

High-speed SerDes, Ethernet switching, optical interconnect, software stack, and global standards ecosystems.

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Ecosystem

Investors / affiliates

  • ZTE Corporation

Affiliates

  • ZTE Corporation

Competitive position

  • No direct technical-frontier signals in provided sources; capability inferred from ZTE's captive-chip role.
  • Exposed to US export controls via ZTE parent and to external foundry/EDA access.

Milestones and signals

  • 2024—Net Profit: RMB 121.30 billion (ZTE Corporation parent, not Microelectronics)
  • 2025—Revenue: RMB 133.90 billion (ZTE Corporation parent, not Microelectronics)
  • Listing—Shenzhen Stock Exchange · 000063.SZ · ZTE Corporation A-shares

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 2026-07-11

Answered questions

What is the measurable gap versus global reference companies?

No direct technical-frontier signals in provided sources; capability inferred from ZTE's captive-chip role.

Open questions

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