On May 20, 2026, the 2026 AEIF 13th Automotive Electronics Innovation Conference opened in Shanghai, and the prestigious "Golden Chip Award" was officially announced! Shanghai AWINIC Technology Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 688798), a leading Chinese analog and mixed-signal company, secured two major authoritative honors by virtue of its sustained technological innovation in the automotive-grade semiconductor field, solid product implementation capabilities, and industry influence:
🏆 2026 AEIF Golden Chip Award · Innovative Enterprise Award
🏆 Automotive-Grade Chip AW21036QPY-Q1 Selected for the "2026 Top 30 New Domestic Automotive-Grade Chips"
These dual awards once again demonstrate AWINIC's benchmark strength in the smart vehicle and domestic automotive-grade chip localization sector. Meanwhile, the AEIF conference grandly released the *Domestic Automotive-Grade Chip Reliability Classification Catalog (2026)*. Relying on its outstanding product reliability and strict automotive-grade quality control, AWINIC successfully had five self-developed automotive-grade chips included in the catalog, covering three core automotive-grade categories: LED drivers, signal chains, and RF front-ends. This fully demonstrates the company's mature implementation capabilities and industry recognition across its full range of automotive-grade chips.
AWINIC Products Listed in the 2026 Domestic Automotive-Grade Chip Reliability Classification Catalog:
🏅 Automotive-Grade LED Driver Chip: AW21036QPY-Q1
🏅 Automotive-Grade Signal Chain Chips: AW39216SPR-Q1,
AW39214SPR-Q1
🏅 Automotive-Grade RF Front-End Chips: AW12022TQNR-Q1,
AW13612PFDR-Q1
01 Authoritative Industry Award Recognizes Innovation Strength
The AEIF Golden Chip Award is a highly authoritative, professional, and prestigious industry award in the domestic automotive electronics and automotive-grade semiconductor field. The selection process involves rigorous evaluation across multiple dimensions, including technological innovation, product performance, market implementation, and industry contribution, serving as a core benchmark for the industry to screen high-quality companies and benchmark products.
Winning the "Innovative Enterprise Award" is a high recognition by the industry of AWINIC's long-term dedication to analog and mixed-signal chips and its layout in the automotive electronics field. The award was presented to the company's representative by Mr. Jin Xing, Director of the National Automotive Chip Quality Inspection and Testing Center and Shanghai Motor Vehicle Inspection and Certification Research Center.

Figure 1: "Innovative Enterprise Award" Award Ceremony Photo

Figure 2: "Innovative Enterprise Award" Trophy Photo
02 Bestselling Automotive-Grade Chip Gains Spotlight, Selected Among Top 30 New Domestic Chips
The AW21036QPY-Q1, which received the "2026 Top 30 New Domestic Automotive-Grade Chips" award, is a star automotive-grade LED driver chip from the AWINIC AWLIGHT® series. Specifically tailored for smart cockpit scenarios, it is a core representative product of high-end domestic cockpit lighting solutions. The award was presented to the company by Mr. Cheng Jinge, Secretary-General of the China Integrated Circuit Design Innovation Alliance.

Figure 3: "Top 30 New Automotive-Grade Chips" Award Ceremony Photo

Figure 4: "Top 30 New Automotive-Grade Chips" Certificate of Honor Photo
03 Multi-Category Strength Breaks Through, Selected for Authoritative Reliability Classification Catalog
The *Domestic Automotive-Grade Chip Reliability Classification Catalog (2026)* released at this conference is an authoritative reliability evaluation system in the domestic automotive-grade chip field. It focuses on core indicators such as chip operational adaptability, long-term stability, and mass production reliability. After multiple rounds of rigorous review and screening, it aims to provide the industry with high-reliability, implementable, and replaceable high-quality domestic chip products, serving as an important reference for automakers and automotive parts companies in selecting domestic chips.
AWINIC's five products successfully included in the catalog cover core automotive scenarios such as smart cockpits and automotive RF communication. This marks that the reliability, stability, and mass production readiness of the company's multiple series of automotive-grade products have received authoritative industry endorsement, breaking the limitation of a single product's success and achieving comprehensive, mature implementation across multiple categories of automotive-grade chips.
Leveraging years of R&D accumulation in analog and mixed-signal chips, AWINIC has completed a multi-category product portfolio, including automotive-grade LED drivers, automotive-grade power management, automotive-grade signal chains, automotive-grade RF front-ends, automotive-grade audio, automotive-grade haptics, and automotive-grade sensing solutions. These also enable end-side AI applications and achieve intelligent lighting effects. All automotive-grade products have passed strict automotive-grade certifications, with performance, reliability, and mass delivery capabilities reaching industry-leading levels, fully supporting the high-quality development of China's automotive electronics industry!