- CEO
- Wen Chang Zheng
- Full Time Employees
- 289
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Electronic components
- Address
- Shanghai China
- IPO Date
- Sep 13, 2022
- Business
- Hi-Trend Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a China-based fabless semiconductor design company specializing in the research, development, design, and sales of integrated circuits and system solutions for smart grid terminals, energy management, and industrial electronics. Founded in May 2005 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, the company maintains research and development facilities in Shanghai and Nanjing, serving domestic state utility operators, international power grid enterprises, smart electricity meter manufacturers, and energy storage system integrators across China, Central Asia, and overseas export markets. The company operates primarily through the design and distribution of semiconductor hardware and embedded system solutions, with a core product and service portfolio comprising energy metering integrated circuits, including single-phase metering ICs, three-phase energy metering chips, and upgraded ICs supporting fundamental reactive power measurement; power line and wireless communication integrated circuits, including narrowband power line carrier (PLC) chips, high-speed power line carrier (HPLC) chips, G3-PLC compliant chips, and HPLC plus high-speed radio frequency (HPLC+HRF) dual-mode communication System-on-Chip (SoC) modules; microcontroller units (MCUs) and SoC devices, including 32-bit MCU chips, single-phase smart meter SoCs with integrated LCD drivers, high-performance three-phase SoCs, and RISC-V-based processors; battery management system (BMS) integrated circuits, including high-precision battery fuel gauge ICs and analog front-end monitoring chips for portable power tools, industrial energy storage, and light electric vehicles; and specialized integrated circuit design, technical consulting, and turnkey application firmware development services. In recent developments, Hi-Trend Technology has accelerated product innovation and geographic expansion by achieving commercial-scale deployment of its HPLC+HRF dual-mode communication chips in Central Asian markets and taping out upgraded single-phase metering chips equipped with terminal temperature detection conforming to updated State Grid enterprise standards. The company has also achieved mass-production capability for its self-developed battery fuel gauge IC series in the new energy segment, commenced customer sampling for next-generation RISC-V architecture metering chips for high-end international markets, advanced the development of 40-nanometer AI-enabled MCU chips featuring integrated neural processing units (NPUs) for grid edge-computing terminals, and implemented capital optimization initiatives, including major share repurchase and cancellation programs alongside ongoing shareholder dividend distributions.