In the semiconductor industry, naming is somewhat of an art. Some companies are low-key and pragmatic, while others reveal extraordinary ambitions from the very beginning. Beken Corporation is exactly such a company that sparks imagination right from its name.
What exactly is its relationship with Broadcom, the global communications semiconductor giant? When eefocus disassembled a Xiaomi karaoke microphone, a Xiaomi walkie-talkie, and an AI toy named "Fuzai", and saw the Beken logo prominently printed on their core chips, this question became worth exploring in depth.
This "Beken" Is Not "Broadcom"
First, a fact needs to be clarified: Beken Corporation has no equity or affiliation relationship with Broadcom Inc. in the United States.
This is a genuine local Chinese IC (Integrated Circuit) design company, headquartered in Zhangjiang, Shanghai, and founded in 2004. The founder, Dr. Pengfei Zhang, graduated from Tsinghua University and furthered his studies at UCLA, representing a typical returnee technical entrepreneur. As early as 2018, media outlets explicitly pointed out that many people might assume a close connection between Beken and Broadcom based on the name, but this is not the case; the two are completely unrelated.
So, what exactly is the background of Beken? It is one of the earliest companies in China to develop ETC chips. In the era when long queues were common at highway toll stations, Beken's ETC chip solutions once dominated the mainstream market. The company's early client list included domestic technology pioneers like DJI and Rapoo, as well as international brands such as LG and Philips, demonstrating its solid technical foundation.
Teardown Reveals the True Strength
A name reflects ambition, but products demonstrate true strength. Recently, eefocus conducted in-depth teardowns of multiple consumer electronics products. On the core motherboards of these products, we spotted chips from Beken with different market positioning.
- Xiaomi Karaoke Microphone: Bluetooth Audio SoC (System on Chip) — BK32881
The Xiaomi Karaoke Microphone focuses on an immersive karaoke experience, where the quality of the Bluetooth audio connection directly determines the user experience. The teardown revealed that its Bluetooth communication solution adopts Beken's BK32881, a dual-mode Bluetooth 5.2 SoC.
The core advantage of the BK32881 lies in its audio processing capabilities. It integrates a BA22 32-bit MCU (Microcontroller Unit) (up to 200MHz) and a high-performance DSP (Digital Signal Processor) running up to 300MHz.
In the karaoke microphone, the core value of the BK32881 is reflected in: supporting sampling rates from 8kHz to 384kHz to ensure Hi-Fi-level audio quality for recording and playback; utilizing a professional DSP combined with algorithms such as active noise cancellation, array microphone noise reduction, and acoustic echo cancellation to make vocals clearer and cleaner during karaoke; and enabling a wireless microphone solution with latency as low as 10ms, ensuring a real-time experience of "what you see is what you sing."
- Xiaomi Walkie-Talkie: Dedicated RF Transceiver — BK4819
The Xiaomi Walkie-Talkie is designed for scenarios such as hotel management, construction site collaboration, and outdoor activities, which demand extremely high RF performance and anti-interference capabilities. Its core receiving and transmitting circuits adopt Beken's BK4819, a half-duplex TDD (Time Division Duplex) FM transceiver.
The RF coverage capability of the BK4819 is quite impressive: its operating frequency range covers 18MHz to 620MHz and 840MHz to 1200MHz, adapting to global personal radio band requirements; it supports 12.5/25/6.25/20kHz channel spacing, complying with professional walkie-talkie standards such as FRS and DPMR; it features a built-in 7dBm RF power amplifier, requiring only a few peripheral decoupling capacitors and matching inductors to operate, significantly simplifying RF design; it also integrates rich signaling including an on-chip FSK data modem, CTCSS audio receiver, programmable DCS codes, DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency), and SELCALL single tone, meeting the complex signaling needs of professional walkie-talkies.
In the walkie-talkie, the BK4819, paired with an external RF power amplifier, forms a complete transmitting and receiving chain, serving as the core guarantee for the device's communication capabilities.
- "Fuzai" AI Toy: Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth Dual-Mode SoC — BK7258QN886
As an emotional companion robot with monthly sales exceeding 10,000 units, the core demand for "Fuzai" is stable connectivity, real-time interaction, and low-power standby. Its main control chip is precisely Beken's BK7258QN886.
The BK7258 is a highly integrated Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 dual-mode SoC. It internally integrates an Arm v8-M STAR-MC1 MCU running up to 480MHz, featuring powerful audio and video processing capabilities, supporting JPEG codec and H.264 encoding, and even capable of driving dual or triple camera inputs.
In the AI toy "Fuzai", this chip plays an absolute central role: it provides 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 6 connectivity to ensure low-latency data interaction with cloud-based large models for highly empathetic conversations, while supporting Bluetooth 5.4 for local network configuration; the 480MHz clock frequency is sufficient to support edge-side processing such as screen display, audio capture, and playback, eliminating the need to rely entirely on cloud computing power; as a battery-powered device, its active power consumption is below 120uA, ensuring a long battery life experience.
Comparing these three chips from the aforementioned three products, Beken's technological layout becomes clearly visible. The BK32881 specializes in Bluetooth audio, featuring a 200MHz RISC MCU plus a 300MHz DSP, and a 96dB ADC plus a 102dB DAC, providing professional-grade audio quality experiences in audio products such as wireless microphones, Bluetooth headsets, and karaoke devices. The BK4819 delves deep into professional RF communication, offering ultra-wideband coverage from 18MHz to 1200MHz, coupled with comprehensive narrowband signaling support, securing a place in professional communication equipment like walkie-talkies and industrial remote controls. The BK7258 is positioned for high-end AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) connectivity, with a 480MHz Cortex-M33 core plus Wi-Fi 6 plus Bluetooth 5.4, targeting application scenarios such as smart homes and AI toys that require high computing power and stable connectivity.
The three chips may seem unrelated, but they actually share the same technological mainline: short-range wireless communication. Whether it is Bluetooth audio, custom RF protocols, or Wi-Fi connectivity, Beken possesses complete in-house capabilities ranging from the RF front-end to baseband processing and up to the upper-layer protocol stack. This technological depth covering multiple wireless protocols is relatively rare among domestic IC design companies.
Business Turnaround and Edge AI Deployment
For many years, Beken's performance has been significantly affected by fluctuations in consumer electronics. However, according to the company's latest 2026 semi-annual report, its operational situation has significantly improved.
The report shows that in the first half of 2026, the company achieved an operating revenue of 638,636,900 RMB, a substantial year-on-year increase of 70.21%; it realized a net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company of 50,501,600 RMB, a significant year-on-year surge of 162.60%; more notably, the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company after deducting non-recurring gains and losses was 20,732,600 RMB, compared to a loss of 8,522,100 RMB in the same period last year, successfully achieving a turnaround from loss to profit.
In terms of edge AI deployment, the company has clearly established it as a core strategic direction. During the reporting period, the company focused on advancing the product upgrade and ecosystem expansion of wireless connectivity chips represented by Wi-Fi, and continuously strengthened solution implementation and market development around scenarios such as edge AI, smart homes, smart hardware, and industrial applications. Among them, the BK7259, as a benchmark AIoT computing power product, takes the lead in integrating the Arm Ethos-U65 microNPU. As of now, the company has achieved mass production and sales of multiple AIoT chip products integrating AI technologies, with application fields covering emerging terminals such as AI glasses and AI toys.
Conclusion
From the Bluetooth audio DSP in the karaoke microphone, to the professional RF transceiver in the walkie-talkie, and then to the Wi-Fi 6 main controller in the "Fuzai" AI toy, Beken has demonstrated a complete technological spectrum covering Bluetooth audio, professional RF communication, and Wi-Fi connectivity across three distinctly different scenarios. The strong growth trend shown in the 2026 semi-annual report corroborates the market value of this technological layout from an operational perspective. Although its revenue scale and product complexity are not yet on the same level as international Broadcom, through the name "Beken," it is not hard to see its grand ambitions. Today, with the deployment of edge AI computing chips and robust performance growth, this company with a highly ambitious name is proving through both its products and financial reports that it lives up to its reputation.