United Microelectronics Corp
UMCB
Company Profile
Business description
Founded in 1980, United Microelectronics is the world's third-largest dedicated chip foundry, with close to 5% market share in 2025 after TSMC and SMIC. UMC’s headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and it operates 12 fabs in Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan and Singapore, with additional sales offices in Europe, the US, and South Korea. UMC features a diverse customer base that includes Texas Instruments, MediaTek, Intel, Broadcom, Novatek, and Realtek, supplying a wide range of products applied in communications, display, memory, automotive and more. UMC employs about 19,000 people as of February 2025.
Contact
No. 3, Li-Hsin 2nd Road
Hsinchu Science Park
Hsinchu
TWNT: +886 35782258
Sector
Technology
Stock type
Sensitive
Industry
Semiconductors
Fiscal Year End
31 December 2026
Employees
19,097
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