Qualitas Semiconductor Submits Securities Registration Statement... Begins KOSDAQ Listing Process

Qualitas Semiconductor, a company specializing in the development of ultra-high-speed interface IP (intellectual property), is challenging for a KOSDAQ listing.

Qualitas Semiconductor announced on the 7th that it submitted a securities registration statement to the Financial Services Commission on the 6th and is officially starting the listing process. The total number of shares offered by Qualitas Semiconductor is 1.8 million. The desired public offering price per share ranges from 13,000 to 15,000 KRW, with a total expected offering amount of 23.4 billion to 27 billion KRW. The offering price will be finalized through institutional demand forecasting from October 6 to 13. General subscription will be conducted over two days on October 18 and 19. The lead underwriter for the listing is Korea Investment & Securities.

Founded in 2017 by Ph.D. engineers from Samsung Electronics, Qualitas Semiconductor possesses the largest workforce in Korea specializing in ultra-high-speed interface IP design. Since 2019, it has been selected as a core partner of the Samsung Electronics foundry collaboration ecosystem ‘SAFE™ IP,’ securing a track record of mass production of IPs in various advanced industrial fields.

Qualitas Semiconductor is a company with the highest level of technological competitiveness in Korea in SERDES technology, which is the core of interfaces. SERDES is a technology that collects parallel data inside an SoC, converts it into high-speed serial data, and transmits it at ultra-high speed through a single channel. This technology is in high demand in industries where data usage is increasing, such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, and data centers. Qualitas Semiconductor is expanding its global top-tier technological status through the development of 100G-class SERDES and PCIe 6.0 PHY.

Based on this technological capability, Qualitas Semiconductor received AA and A grades respectively from the Korea Invention Promotion Association and NICE Credit Information in the technology evaluation conducted in March. After listing, the proceeds from the public offering will be used for the development of high value-added IP and strengthening the IP portfolio.

Kim Du-ho, CEO of Qualitas Semiconductor, said, “Through this IPO, our company is striving to secure competitiveness targeting the global top semiconductor market by continuously promoting research and development. We will actively respond to the rapidly increasing demand for high-performance semiconductor design and expand our business by applying our IP solutions across all advanced industrial sectors in the future.”