# Yifeng Zhang

> Yifeng Zhang is a Silicon Valley semiconductor entrepreneur and the co-founder, President and CEO of Mauna Kea Semiconductors (MKSemi), a fabless chip company building the industry's lowest-power ultra-wideband (UWB) system-on-chip solutions for wearables, IoT, smartphones and automotive. Before MKSemi he co-founded Quintic, a low-power Bluetooth and wearable SoC maker whose BLE and wearable business was acquired by NXP in 2015. He holds 15 patents in IC design and UWB technology and has spent more than two decades in digital, analog and mixed-signal design across Philips Semiconductors, NXP and ams.

- **Role:** Co-founder, President & CEO at Mauna Kea Semiconductors (MKSemi)
- **Organizations:** Mauna Kea Semiconductors (MKSemi), Quintic Corporation, NXP Semiconductors, ams AG, Philips Semiconductors, FiRa Consortium
- **Nationality:** American (Chinese-American)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads MKSemi, developer of what the company describes as the world's lowest-power, highest-integrated UWB chip solution., Co-founded Quintic, whose Bluetooth Low Energy and wearable business was acquired by NXP Semiconductors in 2015., Holds 15 patents in IC design and UWB technology.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Principal System Architect at Philips Semiconductors (1999-2005).
- **2005** — Co-founded Quintic Corporation, a fabless low-power wireless SoC company, serving as CTO (2005-2015).
- **2015** — Quintic's BLE and wearable business acquired by NXP Semiconductors.
- **2015** — Product Line Manager for Wearable and Digital Health at NXP Semiconductors (2015-2017).
- **2017** — Senior Director of Technology Innovation at ams AG (2017-2018).
- **2019** — Co-founded Mauna Kea Semiconductors (MKSemi) as President & CEO, focused on low-power UWB.
- **2022** — MKSemi raised a $12.8M Pre-A+ round and launched its first fully integrated low-power UWB SoC at CES 2022.
- **2023** — MKSemi raised a Series A round; total funding reached approximately $35M.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads MKSemi, developer of what the company describes as the world's lowest-power, highest-integrated UWB chip solution.
- Co-founded Quintic, whose Bluetooth Low Energy and wearable business was acquired by NXP Semiconductors in 2015.
- Holds 15 patents in IC design and UWB technology.
- Raised more than $35M in total funding for MKSemi, including backing from smartphone maker Oppo.
- Member company of the FiRa Consortium, the industry body standardizing UWB interoperability.

## Latest updates

- **2023-07** — MKSemi closed a Series A funding round, bringing total funding to roughly $35M.
- **2022-01** — Launched its first fully integrated low-power UWB SoC and raised a $12.8M Pre-A+ round, unveiled at CES 2022.

## Links

- Website: https://mk-semi.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yifeng-zhang-1408123

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Last updated: 2026-07-22