Brand: UMC

Introduction

Üunited Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) is Taiwan's first independently-owned semi-conductor design and manufacturing company. Headquartered in the Hsinchu Science Based Industrial Park, UMC employs over 3,000 personnel, more than half of whom hold college degrees.

ÜUMC operates three wafer fabrication plants. Fab 1, a four-inch wafer fab with a net monthly capacity of 50,000 wafers, manufacturers MOS integrated circuits to 1.2 micron line widths. Fab 2, a modern six-inch wafer facility with a net capacity of 30,000 wafers per month, produces complex MOS circuits at 0.8 and 0.6 micron line widths. Last year, UMC completed construction of an Ultra-modern 8-inch wafer poduction facility. Feb. 3, Equipped with leading edge 0.25 micro technology, Fab. 3 will produce 25,000 wafer per month at full capacity.

ÜUMC is subdivided into three strategic business units (SBUs), which are responsible for the design, manufacture, and sale of memory, commercial, and communications products, respectively.

Products include personal computer chip sets, a 32-bit microprocessor (in development), High-Speed SRAMs, High-Density mask ROMs, modems, Ethernet products, voice synthesizers, telephone circuits, and many consumer devices. All Plants offer quality wafer

ÜUMC sales and support offices are located in Taipei. Distribution centers in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and central Europe serve as the nucleus of a network of more than 100 agents and representatives located throughout Asia and Europe.

Key Products(s):

Memory commercial IC's & foundry service

UMC has succeeded in promoting its own, independent brand name world-wide. Counting both domestic and international distributors, UMC has more than one hundred firms acting as its representatives. To support this extensive organization, UMC has establishd branch offices and distribution centers in Hong Kong, Singapore, japan & Holland.

3, Lihsing 2nd. Rd., Science-Base Ind. Pard, Hsinchu

Tel: 886-35-782-258FFFFax: 886-35-774-767

PRESIDENT, MR. JOHN HSUAN