techco:company:umc
UMC
联华电子 · United Microelectronics Corporation
UMC is a Hsinchu-headquartered technology company that manufactures semiconductors as a foundry spun out of ITRI.
UMC is a Taiwanese technology company founded on 22 May 1980 and associated with Founding chairman Robert Tsao.1 It manufactures semiconductors as a foundry spun out of ITRI.1 American depositary shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange as UMC.
History
UMC was founded in 1980 as Taiwan's first semiconductor company, a spin-off from the Industrial Technology Research Institute. It later converted into a pure-play foundry.1
Inclusion
This is a Taiwanese company with ethnic Chinese founders. Do not describe it as a mainland Chinese company.
Founders
- Robert Tsao — Founding chairman
Products
- UMC foundry. Mature- and specialty-node wafer manufacturing.
See also
Sources
- United Microelectronics Corporation . Wikipedia. Accessed 2026-09-12.