United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world's No.2 contract chip maker, will invest $8 billion in a 12-inch wafer plant in Taiwan, to meet demand for...

Tight supply of TSMC's 28nm process has reportedly increased the tapeout orders for "rival" foundry United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), which plans to boost output capacity...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) remained the world?s No.1 silicon foundry in 2011, with market share rising to a new high of 48.8%, according to...

Taiwanese semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) announced the A+ technology platform, a specialized 0.11um aluminum process manufactured in UMC's 8" fabs. UMC is the...

Elpida Memory, Powertech Technology (PTI), and United Microelectronics Corporation will work together to advance 3D IC integration technologies for advanced processes including 28 nanometer (nm)...

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UMC today announced a significant milestone for its high-k/metal-gate (HK/MG) technology with validation of the process through 45nm SRAM product yield. This achievement is a...

Elpida and UMC today announced a joint development program for advanced DRAM with copper low-k backend, as well as for phase-change random access memory (PRAM)...

Cypress Semiconductor of the US said Monday it has chosen Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) to be among its primary foundry partners for its next-generation...

Taiwanese UMC has successfully produced functional 45-nanometer (nm) SRAM chips that feature a bit cell size of less than 0.25΅m2. The ICs, produced using UMC's...