Goodix Technology (Goodix; ) is a

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Chinese technology company headquartered in

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

, China. The company is known for developing

touchscreen A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of electronic visual display, display that can detect touch input from a user. It consists of both an input device (a touch panel) and an output device (a visual display). The touch panel is typically l ...

solutions for

smartphone A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multi ...

Background

In 2002, Goodix was founded by Zhang Fan. Goodix started its business with communication

integrated circuit An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or simply chip, is a set of electronic circuits, consisting of various electronic components (such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors) and their interconnections. These components a ...

s (ICs) for fixed-line telephones, and then expanded its product reach to touchscreen ICs. In 2011,

MediaTek MediaTek Inc. (), sometimes informally abbreviated as MTK, is a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company that designs and manufactures a range of semiconductor products, providing chips for wireless communications, high-definition television, h ...

made a significant investment in Goodix. Goodix leveraged MediaTek's reference-design platform allowing its revenue to exceed the US$100m mark in 2013. By 2015, Goodix expanded its product line to include

fingerprint scanner Fingerprint scanners are a type of biometric security device that identify an individual by identifying the structure of their fingerprints. They are used in police stations, security industries, smartphones, and other mobile devices. Fingerpr ...

s. In October 2016, Goodix held its

initial public offering An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investm ...

becoming a listed company on the

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. Within a month after listing, it was China's largest chip design company by

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. In 2019, Goodix acquired a division of Voice and Audio Solutions under

NXP Semiconductors NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a Dutch semiconductor manufacturing and design company with headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is the third largest European semiconductor company by market capitalization as of 2024. The company employs approx ...

. In August 2020, Goodix acquired Dream Chip Technologies, a German fabless semiconductor company. In February 2021, British technology company WaveTouch sued Goodix for

patent infringement A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

. It alleged that Goodix copied its system designed to improve the accuracy of fingerprint readers underneath smartphone screens. While initially profitable due to touchscreen and fingerprint scanner products, Goodix experienced a decline in profitability due to increased competition and decrease in smartphone shipments. The company has aimed to diversify its business to IoT and

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* {{Electronics industry in China 2002 establishments in China 2016 initial public offerings Companies based in Shenzhen Companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Electronics companies established in 2002 Semiconductor companies of China

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