{"id":19667,"date":"2026-04-27T21:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinese-optical-chipmakers-profit-soars-1153-on-strong-ai-demand\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T21:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:34:59","slug":"chinese-optical-chipmakers-profit-soars-1153-on-strong-ai-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinese-optical-chipmakers-profit-soars-1153-on-strong-ai-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese optical chipmaker\u2019s profit soars 1,153% on strong AI demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/27\/a1f0b5af-f585-4fb4-b44f-da62401a94a6_1706adca.jpg?itok=0MWeGbag&amp;v=1777298431\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.1353383458647\">Chinese optical chipmaker Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology reported an elevenfold surge in first-quarter profits as domestic firms capitalise on soaring demand for computing power amid the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">artificial intelligence<\/span> boom and the country&rsquo;s tech self-sufficiency drive.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Net profit in the three months ended March 31 jumped 1,153 per cent year on year to 179 million yuan (US$26.2 million), while revenue grew 321 per cent to 355 million yuan, the Shanghai-listed company said in a stock-exchange filing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Founded in 2013 and based in northwest China&rsquo;s Shaanxi province, the company manufactures laser chips used in applications including AI data centres.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.7272727272727\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Yuanjie<\/span> attributed its strong quarterly results to a revenue increase for its continuous-wave laser products and a general rise in demand. It added that it also benefited because data centre products commanded higher gross margins.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.8847926267281\">Listed in Shanghai in 2022, Yuanjie was the second company on China&rsquo;s tech-focused Star Market to see its share price surpass the 1,000 yuan threshold, after AI graphics processing unit maker <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Cambricon Technologies<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Yuanjie&rsquo;s share price also increased elevenfold over the past year, closing at 1,418 yuan on Monday and topping baijiu maker Kweichow Moutai as China&rsquo;s costliest stock. Yuanjie&rsquo;s market capitalisation stood at 121.8 billion yuan, paling in comparison with Cambricon&rsquo;s 572.1 billion yuan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Chinese optical chipmaker&rsquo;s profit soars 1,153% on strong AI demand<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese optical chipmaker Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology reported an elevenfold surge in first-quarter profits as domestic firms capitalise on soaring demand for computing power amid the artificial intelligence boom and the country&rsquo;s tech self-sufficiency drive. Net profit in the three months ended March 31 jumped 1,153 per cent year on year to 179 million yuan (US$26.2&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinese-optical-chipmakers-profit-soars-1153-on-strong-ai-demand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Chinese optical chipmaker\u2019s profit soars 1,153% on strong AI demand&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}