The company mainly produces Intel x86 compatible central processing units (CPUs) as well as domestic Deep Learning Processors.

The end goal was to provide China a local version of AMD's Zen 1 CPUs that would be used only in its domestic market.

[3][4][5][6] The first microprocessor created from the JV partnership was the Hygon Dhyana system on a chip which went into the Chinese market in 2018.

[2][4][6] On 12 August 2022, Hygon held its initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market.

[2][7] In February 2024, Bloomberg News reported that Hygon was one of the top investment picks among Wall Street firms such as Barclays and Sanford C. Bernstein.