PC-Based Motion Controllers refer to control systems that use Industrial PCs (IPCs) as hardware platforms and realize equipment motion control functions through open PC architectures. Compared with traditional PLCs and dedicated controllers, PC-Based motion controllers feature strong openness, high computing power, good scalability, and ease of secondary development. They are widely used in high-end equipment manufacturing fields such as 3C electronics, semiconductors, and laser processing. Based on product forms and implementation methods, they can be divided into the following four categories:
Note: This article focuses on the statistics of two product categories: motion controller cards and embedded motion controllers. The PC-based motion controller market data mentioned below only includes these two types of products. Soft PLC and PAC motion controller products are not included in this market size statistics.
01. Overall Market Performance of China's PC-Based Motion Controllers in 2025
In recent years, China's PC-based motion controller market has achieved sustained and rapid growth, with the penetration rate steadily improving in diverse scenarios such as semiconductors, 3C electronics, automobiles, and machine tools. According to data from MIR, the overall market size of China's PC-based motion controllers reached approximately 800 million RMB in 2025, a year-on-year growth of nearly 16% compared to 2024.
From the demand side, the high-end manufacturing industry continued to release automation upgrade demands in 2025, providing solid support for market growth.
From the supply side, domestic brands have seized structural market opportunities and deepened their presence in core application scenarios such as 3C electronics manufacturing. Meanwhile, thanks to the continuous iteration and breakthroughs in motion control technology, the process of domestic substitution in key process links such as precision cutting, laser welding, and high-speed marking has significantly deepened, and the localization rate is steadily climbing.
02. Continuous Release of Downstream Demand and Synergistic Growth of Regional Markets
From the perspective of industry structure, China's PC-based motion controllers in 2025 are mainly concentrated in industries such as electronics, semiconductors, and laser processing.
Industry-wise Market Share of China's PC-Based Motion Controllers in 2025
Data Source: MIR "2026 China PC-based Motion Controller Market Research Report"
The electronics industry is the largest application market for PC-Based motion controllers, accounting for over 40% of the market share in 2025. On the one hand, strong front-end consumer electronics demand, coupled with the upgrade and iteration of Apple iPhone products and the large-scale rise of wearable smart devices, has jointly driven a year-on-year surge in related equipment demand. On the other hand, as optical module projects in AI-related fields increase, the extremely high processing precision requirements have further promoted the expansion of the PC-based motion controller market size in the electronics industry.
The semiconductor industry has maintained a rapid development trend and is gradually becoming the most promising application market for PC-based motion controllers in the future. The superposition of favorable factors such as national industrial policy support, the launch of a new round of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, and the surge in AI chip demand has driven the domestic semiconductor industry to increase investment and R&D efforts in equipment and production lines, directly boosting the scale growth of PC-based motion controllers in this industry. As the localization rate of domestic semiconductor equipment continues to improve, the application space for PC-based motion controllers in this field is expected to further expand, becoming one of the important driving forces for industry growth in the coming years. The compound annual growth rate from 2026 to 2028 is expected to exceed 23%.
Benefiting from the pull of downstream automobile manufacturing, consumer electronics, and AI-related industries, the machine tool and laser processing industries have also maintained steady growth. In contrast, the overall demand in other traditional industries remains relatively stable, and the market size remains steady, with no obvious new demand growth points emerging in 2025.
Regional Market Situation of China's PC-Based Market from 2024 to 2025
Data Source: MIR "2026 China PC-based Motion Controller Market Research Report"
From a regional perspective, the PC-based motion controller market in all regions achieved positive growth in 2025.
Among them, East China and South China, benefiting from the industrial cluster effects of semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, and AI-related industries, have seen continuous release of high-end equipment demand, leading the national growth rate. The Central China region focuses on laser processing and the electronics industry. Coupled with digital upgrades and the emergence of "specialized, refined, differential, and innovative" (SRDI) enterprises, the overall PC-based market size achieved year-on-year growth in 2025. The Northeast region is supported by traditional industries such as machine tools, achieving steady progress in development. North China is mainly dominated by traditional industries such as textiles and packaging. The proportion of emerging industries such as semiconductors remains low, resulting in a limited application scale.
03. Competitive Landscape in 2025: Solidification of the Top Tier and Multi-point Performance Growth
In 2025, the competitive landscape of China's PC-based motion controller market remained generally stable, with no significant changes in the rankings and market shares of top manufacturers. Benefiting from the production line upgrade demand driven by the launch of Apple's new products, the volume increase of AI server-related equipment, and the structural growth in fields such as semiconductors, machine tools, and robotics, top suppliers have all achieved positive performance growth.
Competitive Landscape and Market Share of China's PC-Based Motion Controllers from 2023 to 2025 (By Sales Revenue)
Data Source: MIR "2026 China PC-based Motion Controller Market Research Report"
From the perspective of the competitive landscape, benefiting from the continuous release of downstream demand in the 3C industry, semiconductor market, etc., domestic brands represented by Googol Technology have accurately seized market opportunities, achieving significant expansion in business scale and a simultaneous increase in market share.
Among them, Googol Technology's motion controller products possess strong comprehensive strength, ranking first in the country with a 32% market share in China's PC-based market in 2025. Over more than 20 years of continuous deep cultivation, the company has transformed the differentiated needs of downstream customers into product iteration momentum. Its downstream industry layout spans multiple industries including electronics, semiconductors, machine tools, printing, and textiles. In particular, it has established strong market competition advantages in high-precision scenarios such as laser cutting, optical module coupling equipment, and five-axis dispensing.
Leadshine Technology excels in motion control cards. Its products are widely used in dispensing, assembly, and inspection equipment in the electronics industry, as well as die bonders and pick-and-place machines in the semiconductor industry, and it has begun to expand its customer base into new tracks such as optical modules. In recent years, the company has also continuously expanded into emerging application fields related to the AI industry chain, such as optical modules, constantly enlarging its market layout.
ZMotion's advantages are mainly reflected in embedded motion controller products. Its products maintain strong competitiveness in segmented fields within industries such as electronics manufacturing and semiconductor equipment.
From the perspective of competitive evolution, the focus of competition in the PC-Based motion controller market is gradually shifting from single product performance to control algorithms, software platforms, industry process accumulation, and system solution capabilities. Relying on long-term technical accumulation, rich industry know-how, and continuous product innovation, top manufacturers continue to consolidate their market leadership. Meanwhile, the overall improvement in the competitiveness of domestic brands has further promoted the domestic substitution process in China's PC-Based motion controller market.
04. Market Growth Drivers and Prospect Outlook for PC-Based Motion Controllers
On the basis of maintaining nearly 16% market growth and continuous domestic substitution in 2025, the PC-Based motion controller market still possesses strong development resilience. The year-on-year growth rate is expected to exceed 30% in 2026, and driven by multiple factors such as 3C electronics, semiconductors, and the AI industry, it will maintain a high-speed growth trend over the next three years.
Looking at downstream industries, in the short term, the iterative upgrade of equipment processes in the 3C electronics industry and the vigorous development of the AI industry will jointly open up new growth space.
● In the 3C electronics field, as electronic products accelerate their iteration towards miniaturization and refinement, customers have put forward increasingly stringent requirements for the assembly precision and connection reliability of components. Against this backdrop, the market's precision requirements for dispensing equipment continue to increase, especially in application scenarios such as simultaneous dispensing for the middle frames of curved-screen and foldable-screen smartphones. These more refined demands will force dispensing equipment to undergo structural optimization and performance upgrades, thereby driving PC-Based motion controllers to achieve more breakthroughs in related application scenarios.
● In the AI industry chain field, the rapid growth in demand for AI computing chips and server terminal construction has directly driven the continuous release of demand for supporting equipment in the industry chain. As an important part of server construction, the demand for optical modules in the communications field continues to rise, which is expected to further boost the market demand for related equipment such as coupling machines and die bonders, bringing new market growth points for PC-Based motion controllers. In addition, the continuous development of the AI industry has also pushed the PCB industry to usher in new growth opportunities. The demand for supporting equipment such as screw machines and inspection equipment has increased synchronously, and the market demand for related equipment such as screw machines and inspection equipment has also surged accordingly.
In addition to the 3C electronics and AI industries, the domestic substitution process of high-end semiconductor equipment is accelerating, and fields such as laser processing and machine tools are also showing a steady expansion trend. The synergistic efforts of multiple industries have built a solid market foundation for PC-Based motion controllers. In particular, the continuous increase in high-end motion control demands such as multi-axis interpolation and complex trajectory control is constantly broadening the application boundaries and value space of PC-Based products.
At the same time, the strategic layout of manufacturers is also deepening synchronously. Domestic brands will take horizontal expansion of product lines and the creation of system-level solutions as the key path to enhance core competitiveness; foreign brands will continue to take the localization strategy as an important direction to deeply cultivate the Chinese market. Under the joint action of both supply and demand, the long-term development prospects of the industry are promising.