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Tuesday 14 July 2026
TSMC and Vanguard drive Taiwan's silicon foundry revenue up 54% YoY in June

Taiwan's silicon foundry industry posted a strong performance in June 2026, with aggregate revenue reaching US$15,131.2 million, up...

Tuesday 14 July 2026
UMC pushes into silicon photonics in Singapore to ride AI's connectivity crunch
United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) is moving into silicon photonics, positioning itself to address one of the defining bottlenecks in artificial-intelligence data centers: the speed...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Japanese startup completes AI chip validation with Oppstar and UMC support, moves toward mass production

Tokyo Artisan Intelligence said it has finished validating its Sting Ray test chip, a step that could broaden access to lower-power...

Monday 6 July 2026
UMC posts record first-half revenue and plans selective price hikes in second half
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported its strongest quarterly run in years as mature-process demand and factory utilization improved. June consolidated revenue reached NT$23.12...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
AI hands foundries pricing power: TSMC leads, but the boom spreads industry-wide

AI demand in 2026 is no longer confined to GPUs, but is broadening into ASICs, networking, PMICs, and a wide range of peripheral ICs,...

Tuesday 2 June 2026
Unimicron's new chair refocuses resources on AI substrate bottleneck
Unimicron Technology has completed a full board re-election, with newly appointed chairman SC Chien formally taking charge as the IC substrate supplier prepares for a new phase of...
Thursday 28 May 2026
UMC readies price hikes, kicks off 2027 customer talks
UMC held its shareholders' meeting on May 27, with CEO Jason Wang saying that as AI applications expand rapidly, long-term semiconductor demand still has room for growth. In addition...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Commentary: TSMC Arizona profit tops SMIC and UMC combined, fueled by three key drivers
TSMC's Arizona fab has turned profitable, surprising the market and supply chain after years of warnings from founder Morris Chang and others that overseas fabs could lose money. Supply-chain...
Friday 15 May 2026
UMC rolls out 14nm FinFET platform for OLED driver ICs
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) has released a 14nm embedded high-voltage (eHV) FinFET technology platform for display driver ICs, marking a new step in the foundry's process roadmap...
Thursday 30 April 2026
UMC stresses disciplined price hike, Intel deal, and memory foundry rumors draw attention
United Microelectronics (UMC) held its earnings call, where market focus centered on its recent price increases, progress in silicon photonics (SiPh) and advanced packaging, and speculation...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
UMC profit doubles, touts Intel-backed US manufacturing option
United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) reported first-quarter 2026 net profit of NT$16.17 billion (approximately $490 million), up 61% quarter on quarter and more than double the year-ago...
Monday 20 April 2026
As 2D NAND fades, UMC faces steep hurdles to enter a shrinking market

The global retreat from 2D NAND flash production is no longer a possibility but an emerging certainty. As major memory makers exit the segment,...

Friday 17 April 2026
UMC signals 2026 wafer price adjustment amid tightening demand and capacity pressure
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) is expected to raise wafer foundry prices in the second half of 2026, as demand for logic and memory-related applications remains resilient and...
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Commentary: China's AI chip dilemma revisits a familiar semiconductor fork in the road
The global AI race is no longer just about who builds the fastest chip. Increasingly, it is about who writes the rules.
Monday 16 March 2026
HyperLight, UMC, and Wavetek form foundry partnership for high-volume TFLN chiplet production
HyperLight Corporation, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and Wavetek Microelectronics Corporation, a wholly owned UMC subsidiary, have announced a strategic manufacturing...