United Microelectronic

UMC

Market cap $56.5B

SINGAPORE & HSINCHU, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SILITH Technology, a silicon photonics fabless company, and United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced the first mass-production wafer delivery of photonic ICs from UMC's Singapore fab, advancing the partnership between the two companies to scale next-generation silicon photonics manufacturing. The collaboration combines SILITH's photonics design expertise with UMC's 1.

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of June 2026. Revenues for June 2026 Period 2026 2025 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) June 23,124,962 18,823,070 4,301,892 22.85% Jan.-June 129,770,564 116,616,614 13,153,950 11.28% (*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages. (**) All figures are consolidated Additional information about UMC is available on the web at htt.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of May 2026. Revenues for May 2026 Period 2026 2025 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) May 22,943,755 19,480,057 3,463,698 17.78% Jan.-May 106,645,602 97,793,544 8,852,058 9.05% (*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages (**) All figures are consolidated Additional information about UMC is available on the web at https://www.

United Microelectronics rides on solid demand for 22nm/28nm and specialty tech to fuel long-term foundry growth.

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United Microelectronics (UMC) is evolving from a mature-node foundry to a specialty capacity platform, benefiting from trends like embedded high voltage and power management. UMC's Q1 results showed 5.5% revenue growth, improved utilization, and management guiding for higher ASPs and gross margins approaching 30%. 22nm revenue hit a record 14% of total, with expanding specialty applications signaling less commoditization and more differentiated offerings.