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| Symbol | Name | Time | Trade | Change | % Chg | Volume | P/E Ratio | EPS | Mkt Cap |
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| UMC | UMC | 21:04 GMT | 2.20 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 2102626 | 23.16 | 0.095 | 5.555B |
Latest UMC news
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UMC sets sight on 20nm chips with $8 billion fab
The semi firm broke ground on the factory today, and will start moving towards phases 5 and 6 of production. UMC has already invested $8 billion in its Fab 12A and the next two phases will mean the same amount of money. UMC also has plans for phases 7 and 8 at the plant. -
TSMC ranked Taiwan's most profitable company
According to a recent report by IHS iSuppli, TSMC lead the pack by far in terms of pure play foundries. Fellow Taiwanese company and rival UMC was second. -
Semi foundry industry healthy, but threatened by economic meltdown
Of the pure play foundries, the top four were unchanged last year: TSMC leads with $14 billion in revenues, followed by UMC with $3.6 billion in revenues, GlobalFoundries with $3.5 billion in revenues, and SMIC with $1.3 billion in revenues. -
TSMC to rule 28nm coop
The competition, it is said, isn't in a good place either. While Samsung's foundries cater to very high volume demand, you have UMC and SMIC to pick up the leftovers from TSMC. Even GlobalFoundries was all but discarded. -
ARM opens SoC design centre in Taiwan
ARM claims that Taiwan and the asia pacific region is very important to it. Speaking to local media at a briefing in Taipei, Tudor Brown told the room that over half of ARM's 7-billion chips over the last year were made in Taiwan. We're guessing TSMC and UMC. -
Judge rules in HP's favour over patent infringement
HP has had its patent complaints upheld against a subsidiary of United Microelectronics Corporation over infringement allegations relating to manufacturing inkjet printheads. -
Samsung outsources for eMMC NAND orders
Faraday is a partner of Taiwan's huge chip manufacturer UMC, which will manufacture the eMMC chips for Samsung at the 65nm process. -
GlobalFoundries says quality 14nm around the corner
GTC 2011Again, those without sin did not cast the first stone, with Glofo calling out TSMC and UMC on their 300mm operations. Glofo says it's close to a million wafers capacity overal in 300mm, which it claims is above the combined capacity of TSMC and UMC. -
TSMC issues $1.2 billion of bonds
TSMC’s sales in July dropped 3.4 percent as compared to the previous year, while UMC saw a more substantial 18.6 percent drop. -
ProMOS receives bail out from creditors
CommentJohn Hsuan at UMC also made noise recently about a DRAM alliance, having been part of a failed attempt in 2009. However he ruled himself out of leading any such cooperation between the island’s firms. -
Intel, Samsung set to shake up foundry game
A report suggested that the pure play foundry business is due for something of a revolution as GlobalFoundries takes market share from companies like TSMC and UMC. -
UMC calls for Taiwanese DRAM alliance
Amid falling prices and growing concerns of a DRAM crisis in Taiwan, United Microelectronics Corp has called for the integration of the island’s memory industry. -
Mobile bubble faces burst
Digitimes has been reporting that contract chipmakers TSMC and UMC have been told by their clients to slash the number of wafer starts for the third quarter of 2011. -
TSMC joins GloFo, Intel, others at SEMATECH
TSMC joins others including GlobalFoundries, HP, IBM, Intel, Samsung, UMC, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) all putting their two pence worth in. -
Technology industry assesses Japanese earthquake damage
That said, it seems the likes of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) could have back-up if necessary. -
UMC thinks Elpida will edge into 'Big Three' DRAM makers
Elpida may become the world’s second largest DRAM manufacturer as firms struggle in the face of an unstable market. According to UMC. -
TSMC still top dog in foundry industry
However, it warned that the region faces vigorous challenges from the likes of Samsung and GloFo. The competition will force TSMC and UMC to step up their game for expanding 12-inch wafer capacity. -
Component shortages threaten industry growth
Penn said that signs of shortage included TSMC and UMC cutting back on Chinese New Year annual maintenance problems. “There is no excess inventory in the pipeline and capacity is maxed out,” he said. “The front end book-to-bill has now dropped back below unity
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