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UMC

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United Microelectronics Corporation
聯華電子
TypePublic (TWSE: 2303, NYSE: UMC)
IndustrySemiconductor Foundry
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
HeadquartersHsinchu Science Park
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Key people
Stan Hung, Chairman
Dr. Shih-Wei Sun, CEO
RevenueIncrease$4.1 billion (2013)[1]
Number of employees
12,068
Websitewww.umc.com
The Singapore factory and offices of the United Microelectronics Corporation.

United Microelectronics Corporation (Chinese: 聯華電子; pinyin: Liánhuá Diànzǐ), commonly known as UMC, is a Taiwanese company which is based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was founded as Taiwan's first semiconductor company in 1980 as a spin-off of the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).[2]

UMC is best known for its merchant foundry business, manufacturing integrated circuits wafers for fabless semiconductor companies. In this role, UMC is ranked behind competitors TSMC and GlobalFoundries.[3] It has three 300 mm fabs, one in Taiwan and one in Singapore and one in China.[2]

UMC is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol of UMC, and on the Taiwan Stock Exchange as 2303. UMC has 10 manufacturing facilities worldwide, employing 10,500 people.

History

UMC was the first foundry to produce chips on 300 mm wafers, ship wafers using copper materials, to sell 65 nm ICs to customers, and to produce chips using 28 nm process technology.[2] It was the first Taiwanese company to offer foundry services and the first semiconductor company to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1985.

The company was also known for producing semiconductor chips which were used in counterfeit Nintendo Entertainment System game cartridges.[4] Nintendo of America filed a federal lawsuit against UMC for copyright infringement of the games. The case was settled, with both companies expressing satisfaction with the settlement.[5]

Fab list

Fab Node Location Wafer diameter Wafers per month
Fab 6A 450 nm Hsinchu, Taiwan 150 mm 50,000
Fab 8AB 250 nm Hsinchu, Taiwan 200 mm 70,000
Fab 8C 350–110 nm Hsinchu, Taiwan 200 mm 29,000
Fab 8D 90 nm Hsinchu, Taiwan 200 mm 32,000
Fab 8E 180 nm Hsinchu, Taiwan 200 mm 35,000
Fab 8F 150 nm Hsinchu, Taiwan 200 mm 32,000
Fab 8S 350–250 nm Hsinchu, Taiwan 200 mm 25,000
Fab 8N 350–110 nm Suzhou, China 200 mm 50,000
Fab 12A 14 & 28 nm Tainan, Taiwan 300 mm 75,000
Fab 12i 130–40 nm Singapore 300 mm 50,000
Fab 12X 55–28 nm Xiamen, China 300 mm 50,000

See also

  • List of Semiconductor Fabrication Plants

References

  1. ↑ "UMC Profile". UMC. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20090912022134/http://www.umc.com.tw/English/about/o.asp. Retrieved 2010-06-29. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "UMC Overview". UMC. Archived from the original on 2005-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20050319213811/http://www.umc.com.tw/English/about/o_1.asp. Retrieved 2010-06-29. 
  3. ↑ "Pure-Play Semiconductor Foundry Market Set for 12 Percent Growth in 2012". iSuppli. 2012-04-11. http://www.isuppli.com/Semiconductor-Value-Chain/News/Pages/Pure-Play-Semiconductor-Foundry-Market-Set-for-12-Percent-Growth-in-2012.aspx. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  4. ↑ "NINTENDO FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST TAIWAN FOR PIRACY OF VIDEO GAME COPYRIGHTS - Free Online Library". http://www.thefreelibrary.com/NINTENDO+FILES+COMPLAINT+AGAINST+TAIWAN+FOR+PIRACY+OF+VIDEO+GAME...-a011933221. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 
  5. ↑ "At the Deadline". GamePro (IDG) (67): 178. April 1994. 

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