Best Digital ICs Companies in China
The 115 best Digital ICs companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tsinghua Unigroup.
China's Digital ICs sector has real money behind it. This directory tracks 115 companies, ranks them by disclosed equity funding, and the aggregate comes to $7.5B — which tells you the capital is serious even before you look at individual raises.
Biren Technology leads at $695M, with Iluvatar CoreX at $334M and Beijing Qingwei Intelligent Technology at $283M not far behind. Four unicorns have emerged from this cohort, and the investor list reads like a who's-who of state-aligned and strategic capital: China Internet Investment Fund, Shenzhen Capital Group, Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group. So where's the heat right now? Audio processing is one answer — audio editors, playback engines, and renderers are all showing up as recurring themes in new product roadmaps this quarter, which I find genuinely interesting given how signal-processing-heavy those workloads are at the chip level. Coverage of the sector is rising fast. And if you're watching regulatory pressure, computer fraud statutes are starting to shape how certain IC capabilities get disclosed and marketed, which adds a layer of compliance complexity that investors are only beginning to price in.
Ranked: Best Digital ICs companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsinghua Unigroup Semiconductor and electronics device manufacturer 62Market top 31%Funding top 41%Talent top 41%Moat top 48% All 6 signals ▾Markettop 31% Fundingtop 41% Talenttop 41% Moattop 48% Newsbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Market: 45,000 employees (top 1% of Semiconductors) Funding: Raised $1.5B across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 8 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $1.5B | 47 mo ago | 45,000 | Weiguo Zhao Chairman & CEO | — | — | — |
| 2 | Enflame Provider of cloud-based deep learning chips 78Funding top 25%AI top 26%Moat top 31%Market top 38% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% AItop 26% Moattop 31% Markettop 38% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 29% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $746M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: deep learning, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $746M | 32 mo ago | 700 | Zhang Yalin Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — |
| 3 | Biren Technology 🦄 Developer of AI acceleration modules, cards, and software development platforms 76Funding top 12%Moat top 26%Growth top 30%Market top 32% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 12% Moattop 26% Growthtop 30% Markettop 32% Newstop 39% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Funding: Raised $695M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 6 yrs (0.8/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $695M | 11 mo ago | 500 | Zhang Wen Founder | — | — | — |
| 4 | GigaDevice Semiconductors Provider of non-volatile memory devices | $610M | 72 mo ago | 1,700 | — | PHPAnimate.cssBootstrap+11 | — | — |
| 5 | Black Sesame Technologies 🦄 Developer of AI-based chips for machine vision tasks 89Product top 14%Patents top 15%Innovation top 18%AI top 20% All 11 signals ▾Producttop 14% Patentstop 15% Innovationtop 18% AItop 20% Markettop 25% Fundingtop 26% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Globaltop 40% Techbottom 22% Newsbottom 19% Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Patents: 247 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 198 filings since 2022 vs 49 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $500M | 46 mo ago | 916 | Wilson Liu Co-Founder & COO | — | 53 patents Advanced automotive vision systems: camera calibration, image fusion, shading correction, and robust data links. | — |
| 6 | Vastai Technologies Provider of GPU and AI-based chips for machine vision applications 74Moat top 22%AI top 26%Funding top 32%Talent top 38% All 6 signals ▾Moattop 22% AItop 26% Fundingtop 32% Talenttop 38% Markettop 41% Globalbottom 36% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, computer vision rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $378M | 53 mo ago | 180 | John Qian Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | Iluvatar CoreX Manufacturer of cloud computing chips 62AI top 18%Funding top 21%Market top 41%Moat top 47% All 8 signals ▾AItop 18% Fundingtop 21% Markettop 41% Moattop 47% Talentbottom 49% Patentsbottom 45% Globalbottom 40% Innovationbottom 38% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $334M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $334M | 21 mo ago | 300 | Zheng Jinshan Co-Founder | — | 23 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 8 | Muxi Integrated Circuit Developer of general-purpose GPU chips 45Funding top 24%Moat top 31%Market top 45%AI top 45% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Moattop 31% Markettop 45% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 16% Funding: Raised $304M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $304M | 47 mo ago | 700 | William Chen Founder & CEO | PHPDebianApache HTTP Server+4 | — | — |
| 9 | IntelliFusion 🦄 Developer of AI chips, digital city platforms, and smart living solutions | $287M | 68 mo ago | 833 | Ning Chen Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 10 | Beijing Qingwei Intelligent Technology Developer of reconfigurable chip technology for edge and cloud computing 55AI top 20%Funding top 27%Moat top 48%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 27% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $283M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $283M | 6 mo ago | — | Wang Bo Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 11 | YMTC Manufacturer of non-volatile memory ICs 55Funding top 22%Growth top 30%News top 35%Market top 42% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Growthtop 30% Newstop 35% Markettop 42% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 29% Techbottom 24% Funding: Raised $220M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $220M | 13 mo ago | 5,934 | Simon Yang CEO | PHPLayuiSwiper+2 | — | — |
| 12 | Hangshun Chip Technology Manufacturer of integrated chips | $188M | 47 mo ago | — | Liu Jiping CEO | BootstrapNginxOpenResty+7 | 9 patents Multi-core MCU shared peripheral arbitration and data processing architectures | — |
| 13 | Saifang Technology Provider of processors for AI and IoT applications 29Funding top 29%Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Moat bottom 48% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 29% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Moatbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Techbottom 22% Newsbottom 22% Funding: Raised $154M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $154M | 39 mo ago | — | Naveed Sherwani Founder | PHPNginxjQuery UI+3 | — | — |
| 14 | Gowin Semiconductor Provider of FPGA devices, design tools, IP cores, and development kits | $132M | 48 mo ago | 200 | Me Tang CEO | PHPApache HTTP ServerGoogle Font API+4 | 86 patents FPGA configuration interfaces, dual-mode programming, on-chip memory ECC testing, and deskew circuitry | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 15 | Yunhe Zhinet A leading company in high-end network chip manufacturer | $126M | 51 mo ago | — | Cao Tuqiang Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 16 | Axera Developer of AI-based visual processing units 48Funding top 21%AI top 30%Market top 47%Moat top 48% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% AItop 30% Markettop 47% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 15% Funding: Raised $126M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $126M | 14 mo ago | 300 | Xiaoxin Qiu Founder & CEO | PHPSwiperSlick+1 | — | — |
| 17 | Zhicun Technology Provider of an analogue storage-computing integrated deep learning chip | $122M | 41 mo ago | — | Guo Xinjie Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 18 | Beijing Silang Technology Provider of microprocessors 64Funding top 30%Market top 37%AI top 45%Talent bottom 45% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 30% Markettop 37% AItop 45% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $100M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) Market: 300 employees (top 22% of Semiconductors) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $100M | 15 mo ago | 300 | Wuliji Wang Founder | — | — | — |
| 19 | Cambricon Developer of AI chips, software, and intelligent processing solutions | $100M | 96 mo ago | 669 | Chen Yunji Co-Founder | LayuiBootstrapVideoJS+9 | — | — |
| 20 | SPACEMIT Developer of cloud-based computing chips 60Funding top 27%Growth top 28%Moat top 38%Tech top 45% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% Growthtop 28% Moattop 38% Techtop 45% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $86.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $86M | 5 mo ago | 130 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — | — |
| 21 | NextVPU Provider of AI vision processing chips and embedded solutions for smart devices and applications | $71M | 48 mo ago | 300 | Alan Feng Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 22 | ThinkForce Developer of semiconductor integrated circuits to deploy AI algorithms | $68M | 102 mo ago | 23 | Bing Wang Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 23 | HOUMO.AI Provider of an intelligent computing chip that enables AI calculations 62AI top 20%Funding top 38%Market top 48%Talent bottom 49% All 5 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 38% Markettop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $46.2M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 5 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $46M | 23 mo ago | 100 | Qiang Wu Co-Founder and CEO | — | — | — |
| 24 | Zhongke Yihai Microelectronics Technology Provider of artificial intelligence chips | $46M | 41 mo ago | 200 | Wei Yucheng CEO | — | — | — |
| 25 | Canaan Developer of ASICs for block-chain computing 55Funding top 32%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Markettop 47% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $43.7M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 9 yrs (0.6/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $44M | 15 mo ago | 541 | Fertil Dieujuste Founder & Director | DrupalPHPZURB Foundation+19 | — | — |
| 26 | Yige Technology Manufacturer of FPGA integrated circuits | $41M | 45 mo ago | — | Wang Jingpo Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 27 | XTX Technology Manufacturer of non-volatile memory chips | $38M | 94 mo ago | 201 | Mark Long CEO | Microsoft ASP.NETSwiperjQuery | — | — |
| 28 | Evomotion Provider of an AI and cloud-based platform for edge devices | $20M | 44 mo ago | — | Weibing Huang Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 29 | Xingxin Phlexing Provider of HR consulting services | $16M | 52 mo ago | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Shenzhen Senguoke Technology Provider of single chip solutions for image recognition and processing | $16M | 54 mo ago | — | Chengjin Yang CEO | — | — | — |
| 31 | Cixtech.com Developer of general-purpose CPU chips for personal, vehicle, and edge computing | $16M | 26 mo ago | 12 | Sun Wenjian CEO | — | — | — |
| 32 | CVA Provider of image processing units | $15M | 40 mo ago | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Muchuang Developer of network controller chips and cryptographic security chips and cards | $15M | 27 mo ago | 130 | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | WITINMEM Provider of an AI chip for machine learning applications | $14M | 82 mo ago | — | Wang Shaodi CEO | — | — | — |
| 35 | Timesintelli Fabless Manufacturer of microprocessors | $14M | 34 mo ago | 100 | Shane Yu Co Founder | — | — | — |
| 36 | EXA Tech Developer of high-reliability aerospace storage systems and controllers 35Talent top 28%Funding bottom 48%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingbottom 48% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $13.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $14M | 15 mo ago | — | Liu Di Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 37 | SynSense Developer of neuromorphic chips and bio-inspired vision sensors and software | $13M | 38 mo ago | 65 | Ning Qiao Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — | — |
| 38 | Giantec Semiconductor Developer of chip solutions | $10M | 92 mo ago | 229 | — | PHPBootstrapNginx+5 | — | — |
| 39 | Pim Chip Manufacturer of AI accelerator chips | $10M | 46 mo ago | 10 | Zhenlong Xu Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 40 | Hunan Jinxin Electronic Technology Provides processors for multiple application | $5M | 44 mo ago | 35 | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Flyslice Developer of FPGA-based accelerator cards | $4M | 70 mo ago | 30 | Xilinx CEO | — | — | — |
| 42 | Corerain Technologies Adaptable artificial intelligence custom chip | $2M | 29 mo ago | — | Wayne Luk Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Digital ICs companies in China
#1
Series C · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2006$283Mraised▾
Developer of reconfigurable chip technology for edge and cloud computing. They provide solutions for edge computing, including smart security, office, industrial, and energy applications. The company also offers solutions for robotics and intelligent data centers. Their core technology includes reconfigurable arrays and scheduling techniques.
- Dec 2025Series C$283M
- Nov 2023Series B—
- Mar 2022Series B—
#2
Public · Minhang, Shanghai · founded 2019 · 500 employees$695Mraised▾
Developer of AI acceleration modules, cards, and software development platforms. The company provides products applicable to AI data centers, telecommunications, AI solutions, and the energy sector. Its offerings include air-cooled OAM modules, liquid-cooled OAM modules, and high-performance AI acceleration cards. It also develops software for hardware and software co-innovation.
- Jun 2025Series C$209M
- Mar 2025Series B—
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$281.7M
- Mar 2021Series B$410M
#3
Series B · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2021 · 130 employees$86.1Mraised▾
Developer of cloud-based computing chips. It designs and develops architecture high-performance CPUs with integrated hardware and software optimization. Its applications are in the development of edge servers, high-end intelligent robots, and autonomous driving systems.
- Jan 2026Series B$86.1M
- Aug 2023Series A—
- Oct 2022Seed—
#4
Series D · Wuhan, Hubei · founded 2016 · 5934 employees$219.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of non-volatile memory ICs. It offers solid-state drives of various storage capacities with 3D NAND flash memory technology. It has applications in mobile devices, PCs and data centres. Its features include high-performance application, active power management and shockproof.
- Apr 2025Series D$219.5M
#5
Public · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2019 · 300 employees$126Mraised▾
Developer of AI-based visual processing chip for visual computing applications. It develops AI-based integrated chips with high-computing power and low power consumption. Its features include high performance and image quality, and multi-camera joint applications. It has applications in smart cities, home security, transportation, and industrial manufacturing sectors.
- Apr 2025Series C$136.3M
- Dec 2021Series A$126M
- Apr 2021Series A—
- Apr 2021Seed—
#6
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 300 employees$334.2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of cloud computing chips. It designs and offers cloud computing chips for learning and training applications in different sectors. It enables the launching of edge cloud inference GPUs for 5G technology and provides seamless integration with the current imported mainstream GPU systems.
- Sep 2024Series D—
- Jan 2024Series D—
- Jul 2022Series C$148.7M
- Mar 2021Series C$185.5M
#7
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2016 · 300 employees$100Mraised▾
Smartlogitech is a provider of microprocessors. It claims to provide algebraic arithmetic microprocessors. Microprocessors include universal communication microprocessor(UCP) used in mobile communications, accelerating neural network engine, and universal multimedia algebra processor.
- Feb 2025Series D—
- Feb 2022Series C$100M
#8
Public · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2013 · 541 employees$43.7Mraised▾
Developer of ASICs for block-chain computing. Its chief offering is a mining chip. It also offers semiconductor chips for repetitive computing. It has use cases in multiple industries including smart homes, healthcare, education, and the agriculture industry.
- Mar 2025Post IPO$200M
- Nov 2024Post IPO$30M
- Sep 2024Post IPO$50M
- Dec 2023Post IPO$25M
#9
Series A · Xi An, Shaanxi Sheng · founded 2018$13.7Mraised▾
Developer of high-reliability aerospace storage systems and controllers. This company designs and manufactures storage solutions for demanding applications, including satellite payloads and other aerospace systems. Their offerings encompass storage arrays, SSDs, and specialized controller chips, all engineered for high performance and fault tolerance in challenging environments. The focus is on creating robust and dependable storage technology for the aerospace industry.
- Mar 2025Series A$13.7M
#10
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2018 · 700 employees$745.6Mraised▾
Liaoyuan Technology is a China-based startup AI company that provides cloud-based deep learning chips for AI training platforms of cloud data centers. Claims that the chips are based on self-developed unique architecture design for achieving high computational power & efficiency with low cost for deployment in major machine learning frameworks. Partners include MLPerf, Open Community and PCI SIG.
- Sep 2023Series D$274M
- Jan 2021Series C$278.1M
- May 2020Series B$98.6M
- Jun 2019Series A$43.4M
#11
Seed · Nanjing, Jiangsu · founded 2020 · 100 employees$46.2Mraised▾
Provider of an intelligent computing chip that enables AI calculations. It uses self-developed storage and calculation integrated technology to enhance the computing power and energy efficiency ratio of edge end or cloud reasoning & training fields.
- Jul 2024Seed—
- Apr 2022Seed—
- Aug 2021Seed$46.2M
#12
Acquired · Beijing, Beijing · founded 1988 · 45000 employees$1.5Braised▾
Semiconductor and electronics device manufacturer. It develops a broad range of products including semiconductor chips and electronic parts used across different industries. The platforms operations cover design, fabrication, and supply of hardware components as a full-service integrated device manufacturer.
- Jul 2022Series D$1.5B
- Jul 2018Conventional Debt$1.8B
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