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For Immediate Release
UMC GROUP ANNOUNCES ADMISSION INTO THE SEMICONDUCTOR
RESEARCH CORPORATION
UMC Group to join World's Top Semiconductor Manufacturers as SRC's First
Overseas Member
HSINCHU, Taiwan, November 9,
1999--UMC Group announced today its admission to the Semiconductor
Research Corporation (SRC) as the organization's first overseas
member. The SRC was established as a research management consortium
by the Semiconductor Industry Association focusing on long-term,
cooperative research in IC technology at U.S. universities. Until
now, membership had been limited to North American semiconductor
industry leaders such as Intel, Motorola, AMD, Texas Instruments,
and IBM. The SRC's decision to include UMC Group in its membership
confirms the status of the Taiwan-based foundry as a leader in global
IC technology.
Larry Sumney, CEO of the Semiconductor Research Corporation, commented,
"We welcome UMC Group as our first international member. We have
been working closely with UMC Group to promote the adoption of copper
interconnect technology through the SRC sponsored Cu Design Challenge.
UMC Group's position as a global leader in advanced process technology
makes them the logical choice for our first overseas member company."
Fu-Tai Liou, senior vice president of UMC Group, said, "We are very
honored to be the first international member of the SRC. Our alliance
with SRC offers U.S. engineering students the opportunity to come
in contact with some of the industry's most advanced technology,
including UMC Group's 0.18 micron copper process. This is a win-win
situation for the SRC and UMC Group. Many of these students will
go on to join the thriving IC design community currently working
with first-tier foundries like UMC Group to drive innovation in
the semiconductor industry."
Peter Chang, CEO of Foundry Operations at UMC Group, offered these
comments, "Our admission as the first overseas member of SRC clearly
shows that today's technology world recognizes no international
barriers. The majority of our partners are US-based design houses,
so we feel it is appropriate that UMC Group use its affiliation
with the SRC to support the fundamental research required for the
continued development of the IC industry."
About SRC
SRC, based in Research Triangle
Park, N.C., with an office in San Jose, is the largest continuous
industry-driven university research program in the United States.
The SRC plans and manages a $35 million program of basic and applied
research carried out principally at North American universities on
behalf of participating North American companies. SRC can be found
on the web at www.src.org.
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