United Microelectronics News Archives

“We experienced further rotational plays, with investors shifting holdings quickly.”

Share prices closed higher as investors picked up financial stocks that have lagged the broader market. via Quamnet

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A slowdown in the foundry market reshuffled the top-10 rankings in 2007, according to Gartner Inc. via EETimes

“In particular, investors are paying attention to what market guidance TSMC and UMC will give for the second quarter to June”

TAIPEI: Taiwan share prices are expected to be rangebound next week amid quarterly results from key firms, dealers said Friday. via Daily Times

“From wafer manufacturing [to] testing [and] assembly it will happen everywhere. Basically, the whole electronics industry is an overcapacity stage, and you need restructuring to solve that”

Other Expect "Consolidations and Restructuring" in Semiconductor Industry: UMC's Chairman Emeritus. via X-bit labs

“Their previous strategy has not very successful. They tried to build up a huge capacity”

Sluggish times in the global semiconductor industry are likely to last for the next six to 12 months until consolidation eases an industry glut, according to one of the best-known figures in the world ... via Forbes.com

United Microelectronics to make iPhone chips; report - MarketWatch Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real Time Services , a division of Interactive Data Corp. via MarketWatch

The word on the street is that United Microelectronics is manufacturing the 3G chip that is supposed to power the next iPhone, using a 65nm process. via Ubergizmo

United Microelectronics Corp will make baseband chips for Apple Inc's 3G iPhone handsets, ending the monopoly on supplying Apple held by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd , the Economic Daily News ... via Quamnet

SAN JOSE, Calif. &#151 Taiwan's silicon foundries posted mixed results in March. via EETimes

Apple Daily, April 2; Esther Lam, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 2 April 2008] Despite being the second-largest institutional shareholder of ProMOS Technologies, United Microelectronics Corporation company chairman ... via DigiTimes