Mauna Kea Semiconductors

Mauna Kea Semiconductors (mk-semi.com) is a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor company founded by industry veterans to develop what it describes as the world's lowest-power Ultra-Wideband (UWB) solution for high precision location and direction-finding applications. Its UWB chips, modules, and integrated System-on-Chip solutions target smartphones, wearables, IoT devices, and automotive use cases, combining digital and analog/mixed-signal design expertise. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, with engineering operations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen, the company is led by CEO Dr. Yifeng Zhang and is backed by Qiming. It was added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Qiming; it is a hardware/silicon vendor with no public API or developer surface at this time (documentation, blog, and careers pages are marked "Coming Soon").

Mauna Kea Semiconductors is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Semiconductors, Ultra-Wideband, UWB, and Hardware.

Mauna Kea Semiconductors’ developer surface includes support and 6 more developer resources.

7.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanySemiconductorsUltra-WidebandUWBHardwareChipsIoTPositioning

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 7.6/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Mk Semi Domain Security

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Company 3

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Other 1

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: mk-semi
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/mk-semi.png
name: Mauna Kea Semiconductors
description: Mauna Kea Semiconductors (mk-semi.com) is a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor company founded by industry
  veterans to develop what it describes as the world's lowest-power Ultra-Wideband (UWB) solution for high precision location
  and direction-finding applications. Its UWB chips, modules, and integrated System-on-Chip solutions target smartphones,
  wearables, IoT devices, and automotive use cases, combining digital and analog/mixed-signal design expertise. Headquartered
  in Cupertino, California, with engineering operations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen, the company is led by CEO Dr.
  Yifeng Zhang and is backed by Qiming. It was added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Qiming; it is
  a hardware/silicon vendor with no public API or developer surface at this time (documentation, blog, and careers pages are
  marked "Coming Soon").
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mk-semi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- qiming
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Semiconductors
- Ultra-Wideband
- UWB
- Hardware
- Chips
- IoT
- Positioning
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://mk-semi.com
- type: About
  url: https://mk-semi.com/about.html
- type: Products
  url: https://mk-semi.com/products.html
- type: Support
  url: https://mk-semi.com/support.html
- type: Contact
  url: https://mk-semi.com/sales.html
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mauna-kea-semiconductors-corporation/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/mk-semi-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1