Draft:Espressif Systems

Espressif Systems is a fabless semiconductor company based in Shanghai, China that specializes in designing low-cost Wi-Fi microcontrollers and SoCs for Internet of Things devices.. . Its products include the ESP8266 and the ESP32. In addition to being used in various commercial IoT devices, Espressif's microcontrollers have also become popular with the DIY electronics and hardware hacker communities due to their low cost and wireless communication (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) capabilities.

Espressif made its initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in July 2019.

In 2022, Espressif announced that they would move to the RISC-V instruction set architecture for all new designs (they had previously used the Tensilica Xtensa core architecture).

Since 2022, Espressif has held an online conference, Espressif DevCon, for developers who use their hardware. Speakers at the 2022 conference included Limor Fried

In April 2024, Espressif acquired a majority stake in M5Stack, a maker of stackable computing modules that use ESP32 microcontrollers