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Singapore-based 300mm Fab 12i will spearhead the company's specialty process production and R&D SINGAPORE, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC"), today announced that the company has established Fab 12i in Singapore as its "Center of Excellence" to spearhead the company's R&D and manufacturing for advanced specialty process technologies. The Centre of Excellence was set up with an initial investment of US$110 million, and will undertake R&D...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of April 2013. Revenues for April 2013 Period 2013 2012 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) ------ ---- ---- ---------- ------- April 10,280,727 10,367,739 - 87,012...

Double Digit Shipment Growth Expected in 2Q; 40nm Revenue To Reach 20% TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- First Quarter 2013 Overview[1]: Revenue: NT$27.78 billion (US$931.31 million) Gross margin: 16.2%; operating margin: 1.1% Capacity utilization: 78% Net income attributable to the stockholders of the parent: NT$6.59 billion (US$221.02 million) Earnings per share: NT$0.52; earnings per ADS: US$0.087 [1] Unless otherwise stated, all...

PRINCETON, N.J., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on technology stocks, has issued updated outlooks for DragonWave (Nasdaq: DRWI), EZchip Semiconductor (Nasdaq: EZCH), Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA), United Microelectronics (NYSE: UMC) and Towerstream (Nasdaq: TWER). During 2012, Next Inning editor, Paul McWilliams predicted both the spring and fall corrections as well as the rally that started in...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303), a leading independent semiconductor foundry, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter 2013 results on Wednesday, May 08, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. US Eastern Time. This call is being webcast by Thomson Reuters and can be accessed at UMC's Web site at www.umc.com. The dial-in details for the live conference call: U.S. Toll Free Number +1866.519.4004, U.K....

Earth Day kicks off new company-wide environmental protection activities HSINCHU, Taiwan, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced the three-year plan to improve resource and energy productivity and to reduce greenhouse emission. The announcement is timed with Earth Day to promote environmental protection living concepts and fulfill the company's commitment...

HSINCHU, Taiwan, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has received ISO 22301 certification for its business continuity management (BCM) system from SGS (Societe Generale de Surveillance). Being the first foundry worldwide to achieve ISO 22301 certification underscores UMC's disaster response abilities and mechanisms for quick recovery. This international...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of March 2013. Revenues for March 2013 Period 2013 2012 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) ------ ---- ---- ---------- ------- March 9,598,645 8,982,404...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of February 2013. Revenues for February 2013 Period 2013 2012 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) ------ ---- ---- ---------- ------- February 8,730,655 8,442,542...

Companies will develop integrated logic and Flash memory to enable creation of high-performance and low power electronics SUNNYVALE, Calif. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE), a leading innovator of Flash memory solutions, and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC"), today announced the joint development of a 40nm process that integrates UMC's 40nm LP logic process with Spansion® proprietary embedded Charge Trap (eCT)(TM )Flash memory...