United Microelectronics Corporation
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US9108734057 |
| founding | 1980 |
| Seat | Hsinchu , Taiwan |
| Number of employees | 13,000+ ( 2010 ) |
| sales | 105.88 billion Taiwan dollars (2.76 billion euros) ( 2011 ) |
| Branch | Semiconductor industry |
| Website | www.umc.com |
The United Microelectronics Corporation ( UMC , Chinese 聯華電子 , Pinyin Lián Huá Diànzǐ ), listed on the New York Stock Exchange : UMC, and Taipei stock exchange . No. 2303) was on 22 May 1980 as the first Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer founded.
The company produces ICs for other companies without their own manufacturing capacities ( fabless ) such as B. ATI Technologies or EMC . With 2010 sales of approximately $ 4.34 billion, it was the second largest foundry in the world after TSMC . The headquarters and most of the semiconductor factories are located in Hsinchu , Taiwan . The two most modern factories that can process 300 mm wafers are located in Tainan (Taiwan) and Singapore .
In the 1990s, UMC sold 80486 processors named UMC Green CPU .
In 2003 UMC took control of the Taiwanese company Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), which mainly manufactures chipsets .
Web links
- General information - About UMC on the official website; Information about the company
- Official website ( Chinese and English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heiko Weckbrodt: Foundry-Primus TSMC closes 2011 with mini-growth on computer-oiger.de