[2] In October 2016, Goodix held its initial public offering becoming a listed company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Within a month after listing, it was China's largest chip design company by market capitalization.

[3] In August 2020, Goodix acquired Dream Chip Technologies, a German fabless semiconductor company.

[3] In February 2021, British technology company WaveTouch sued Goodix for patent infringement.

It alleged that Goodix copied its system designed to improve the accuracy of fingerprint readers underneath smartphone screens.