UMC is a world-leading semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced process ICs for applications spanning every major sector of the semiconductor industry. The Company's leading-edge foundry technologies enable the creation of faster and more powerful System-on-Chip ICs for today's demanding applications. UMC's technology includes a wide range of advanced processes, such as 65-nanometer, 45/40-nanometer, embedded memories, and Mixed-Signal/RF CMOS. As an industry pioneer, UMC was the first foundry to manufacture wafers using copper materials, produce chips on 300mm wafers, deliver functional 65-nanometer ICs to its customers, and produce chips using 28-nanometer process technology.

UMC led the development of the commercial semiconductor industry in Taiwan. It was the first local company to offer foundry services, as well as the first semiconductor company to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (1985). UMC is responsible for many local industry innovations, including the introduction of the employee share bonus system, often credited as a primary factor in the development of a prominent electronics industry in Taiwan. UMC employs approximately 12,000 people worldwide. With sales and customer service offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States, UMC has an extensive service network to meet the needs of its global clientele. Going forward, UMC will continue to offer world leading production processes and the most comprehensive customer-driven foundry solutions to strengthen customers' competitive advantages in a rapidly changing industry.

The increasing complexity of 65nm and beyond technologies has impacted the entire chip industry, as ICs can now be designed with greater gate density and higher performance while incorporating the functions of an entire system.

These advanced designs have created a whole new market of "smart" products such as today's proliferating 3G cell phones, which have decreased in size while greatly increasing in functionality.

UMC collaborates closely with customers as well as partners throughout the entire supply chain, including equipment, EDA tool, and IP vendors to work synergistically towards each customer's SoC silicon success. We also possess the required knowledge in system design and architecture necessary to properly integrate customer designs with advanced process technologies and IP. The result is a greater chance of first pass silicon success for today's SoC designs.

UMC's customer-driven foundry solutions start from a common logic-based platform, where designers can choose the process technology and transistor options that best fit their application. From there, technologies such as RFCMOS and embedded Flash can be used to further fine-tune the process for customers' individual needs. Furthermore, as IP has become a critical resource for today's SoCs, we have worked to provide basic design building blocks as well as more complex IP that are optimized for portability and cost, developed both internally and from third party partners.

With advanced technology, a broad IP portfolio, system knowledge, and advanced 300mm manufacturing, UMC offers comprehensive solutions that help customers deliver successful results in a timely fashion.