| Company Chronology |
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| 1980 |
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May |
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UMC established |
| 1985
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July
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Becomes the first IC company to list
on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. |
| 1995 |
July |
Begins
transformation into a pure-play foundry |
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July - September |
Three
joint venture foundry companies established |
| |
September |
200mm
fab begins production |
| 1996 |
January |
0.35-micron volume production. |
| 1997 |
October |
0.25-micron volume production. |
| 1998 |
April |
Acquires Holtek Semiconductor fab. |
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December |
Acquires Nippon Steel Semiconductor Corp. fab;
renamed Fab UMCJ in 2001. |
| 1999 |
March |
0.18-micron volume production. |
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November |
Begins construction of 300mm fab in Taiwan's Tainan
Science Park, Fab 12A. |
| 2000 |
January |
Completes consolidation of five companies: UMC,
USC, UTEK, USIC and UICC. |
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March |
Ships first foundry chips using copper process. |
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May |
Produces foundry industry's first 0.13-micron
integrated circuits. |
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September |
Makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange. |
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December |
Announces plan to establish advanced 300mm foundry
in Singapore (UMCi). |
| 2003 |
January |
Announces equipment move-in at UMCi. |
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March |
Delivers foundry's first customer
ICs built on 90-nanometer. |
| 2004 |
March |
UMCi moves to full-scale 300mm production. |
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May |
90-nanometer full qualification and
volume production. |
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July |
Completes acquisition of SiS Microelectronics
Corp. fab. |
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December |
Fully acquires its subsidiary UMCi;
renamed UMC Fab 12i. |
| 2005 |
January |
Delivered the foundry industry's
first 65-nanometer customer products. |
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August |
Achieves record milestone of over 100,000 90-nanometer
wafer shipments. |
| 2006 |
June |
Becomes first IC company to achieve QC 080000
IECQ HSPM qualification for all fabs. |
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November |
Produces working 45-nanometer ICs. |
| 2007 |
January |
Expands advanced technology complex in Tainan
Science Park. |
| 2008 |
September |
Named as a Global Index Component
for Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes. |
| 2009 |
April |
Delivers 40-nanometer customer ICs |
| 2009 |
December |
Fully acquires Japan subsidiary UMCJ |
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