UMC focusing R&D on 28nm, 22nm processes

Related company info

Claire Sung, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES

Wednesday 30 September 2009

United Microelectronics Corporation
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is engaged in the business of manufacturing or fabrication of ICs for applications in major sectors of semiconductor industry.

Founded in 1980 and listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1985, the company is best known for dedicated semiconductor foundry business maintaining a customer base across industries, including communication, consumer electronics, computer, memory and others.

UMC employs approximately 12,000 people worldwide including operation sites in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States.
Performance

The company's stock price closed at NT$50.8 on the TSE on Thursday, May 19, 2022.

The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$22,796 million for April 2022, representing a 3% increase on month and 39.2% increase on year.

For the fourth quarter of 2021, the company totaled NT$59,100 million in consolidated revenues, up 5.7% sequentially and up 30.5% on year.

Brief

Full name: United Microelectronics Corporation
Chinese name: 聯華電子股份有限公司
Short name: UMC
Arconym: UMC
Stock code: 2303
Tax ID: 47217677
Market: TSE
Established: 22 May 1980
Paid in capital: NT$126.24 billion
Listed on TSE: 16 Jul 1985
Public since: 30 May 1981
Website: www.umc.com
Related news
On display

300mm wafer from UMC with 11 copper layers
SemiTech Taipei 2006: UMC showcases a 300mm wafer with 11 copper layers, manufactured on a 65nm process using triple-gate...
Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, May 4.
SEMICON Taiwan: Hermes Liu, UMC.
SEMICON Taiwan: Hermes Liu from UMC delivering his presentation "Microloop brings foundry and fabless closer on 65nm yield...
Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, Sep 13.

Latest stock

UMC [2303] historical stock price (NT$)
Date	Volume (k)	Transactions	Value	Open	High	Low	Close	Change		Ask	Bid
20-May	54,998	20,271	2,794,758,296	51.10	51.20	50.50	50.70	-0.10	-0.20%	50.70	50.80
19-May	87,198	36,602	4,356,514,782	49.30	50.80	49.30	50.80	-0.10	-0.20%	50.70	50.80
18-May	96,004	41,810	4,897,397,320	51.00	51.30	50.70	50.90	+0.80	+1.60%	50.80	50.90
17-May	88,839	32,020	4,453,272,250	50.00	50.40	49.70	50.10	+0.65	+1.31%	50.10	50.20
16-May	112,973	42,854	5,623,283,420	49.75	50.30	49.30	49.45	+0.60	+1.23%	49.45	49.50
13-May	74,032	26,906	3,611,868,305	48.50	49.10	48.30	48.85	+1.05	+2.20%	48.85	48.90

Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

Latest sales

UMC: Consolidated revenues, Apr 2021 - Apr 2022 (NT$m)
Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
Apr-22	22,796	3%	39.2%	86,219	35.8%
Mar-22	22,140	6.4%	33.2%	63,423	34.7%
Feb-22	20,810	1.7%	39.2%	41,282	35.5%
Jan-22	20,473	1%	31.8%	20,473	31.8%
Dec-21	20,280	3.1%	32.7%	213,011	20.5%
Nov-21	19,661	2.6%	33.5%	192,731	19.3%
Oct-21	19,159	2.2%	25.4%	173,070	17.9%
Sep-21	18,751	(0.2%)	29%	153,911	17%
Aug-21	18,790	2.3%	26.6%	135,161	15.5%
Jul-21	18,366	5.9%	18.5%	116,371	13.9%
Jun-21	17,337	0.9%	18.9%	98,005	13.1%
May-21	17,189	4.9%	16.6%	80,668	11.9%
Apr-21	16,382	(1.4%)	8.8%	63,479	10.7%

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2022

UMC: Consolidated revenues, 4Q20 - 4Q21 (NT$m)
Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
4Q-21	59,100	5.7%	30.5%	213,011	20.5%
3Q-21	55,907	9.8%	24.6%	153,911	17%
2Q-21	50,908	8.1%	14.7%	98,005	13.1%
1Q-21	47,097	4%	11.4%	47,097	11.4%
4Q-20	45,296	1%	8.2%	176,821	19.3%

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2022

Latest balance sheet and income statement

UMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q20 - 4Q21 (NT$k)
Item	4Q-2021	3Q-2021	2Q-2021	1Q-2021	4Q-2020
Current assets	233,273,433	211,603,426	207,833,325	179,083,142	164,305,911
Intangible assets	3,644,933	4,191,725	4,658,255	4,657,989	4,877,913
Non-current assets	231,153,338	217,189,205	213,844,069	215,179,012	213,210,464
Assets	464,426,771	428,792,631	421,677,394	394,262,154	377,516,375
Current liabilities	105,453,729	84,545,361	85,004,503	78,530,847	78,243,526
Non-current liabilities	77,770,158	86,643,546	96,480,764	66,058,547	63,499,747
Liabilities	183,223,887	171,188,907	181,485,267	144,589,394	141,743,273
Stockholders' equity	281,202,884	257,603,724	240,192,127	249,672,760	235,773,102

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2022

UMC: Consolidated income statement, 4Q20 - 4Q21 (NT$k)
Item	4Q-2021		3Q-2021		2Q-2021		1Q-2021		4Q-2020
Item	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
Operating revenue	59,099,588		55,906,677		50,907,741		47,097,012		45,296,353
Gross profit (loss) from operations	23,103,344	39.1%	20,544,011	36.7%	15,907,972	31.2%	12,494,302	26.5%	10,848,092	23.9%
Operating expenses	6,821,044	11.5%	6,635,817	11.9%	6,201,110	12.2%	5,932,203	12.6%	6,335,281	14%
Operating income (loss)	17,616,305	29.8%	15,135,136	27.1%	11,313,098	22.2%	7,621,747	16.2%	5,614,786	12.4%
Non-operating expenses and losses	557,799	0.9%	4,316,724	7.7%	1,881,273	3.7%	3,361,322	7.1%	5,618,944	12.4%
Income from continuing operations before income tax	18,174,104	30.8%	19,451,860	34.8%	13,194,371	25.9%	10,983,069	23.3%	11,233,730	24.8%
Net income (loss)	16,004,568	27.1%	17,351,943	31%	11,866,601	23.3%	9,888,898	21%	10,889,501	24%
Diluted earnings per share (NT$)	1.3		1.4		1		0.8		0.9

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2022

United Microelectronics Corporation full profile

Tags

22nm 28nm EUV R&D TSV UMC

Companies

United Microelectronics Corporation

Realtime news

Latest Digitimes news

Around the web

Interviews

Tata-owned Tejas Networks open to more acquisition and partnership
Tejas Networks, an optical, broadband, and data networking products company under the Indian conglomerate...