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Sun taps new source for low-end chips

Server giant, Sun Microsystems, has tapped Taiwanese chipmaker United Microelectronics (UMC) to build some of its low-end CPUs, currently made... Read more

4 May, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

Chipmakers join forces on nano research

AMD, Infineon and United Microelectronics are to work together to develop manufacturing processes that allow even... Read more

30 July, 2002 by John Lui

Chartered merger set to boost Globalfoundries

...foundry landscape was under duress, and that changes are happening fast. UMC (United Microelectronics Corporation) could regain its second spot with the expected completion of... Read more

14 September, 2009 by Vivian Yeo

Taiwan gov't scraps plans for chip merger

...unveiled early this month, alongside the appointment of industry veteran and former United Microelectronics honorary vice chairman John Hsuan as head of the new entity... Read more

16 March, 2009 by Vivian Yeo

AMD looks for fix during rough year

...use of other factories such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) or United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan, which make the graphics chips AMD acquired along... Read more

20 June, 2007 by Tom Krazit

AMD and IBM expand alliance

...Motorola. AMD was also trying to end a doomed relationship with foundry United Microelectronics. IBM solved the SOI problems. Later, AMD also entered into a... Read more

16 August, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

AMD and IBM deepen chip commitment

...million, however. Before entering the IBM deal, AMD had struck alliances with United Microelectronics and Motorola. Additionally, the agreement allows AMD to use third-party... Read more

22 September, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

...outside companies. Historically, Asian foundries -- chipmakers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and United Microelectronics that produce semiconductors for companies that don't want to maintain... Read more

7 January, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

Chipmakers' capital spend signposts recovery

Chipmakers are pumping money into plants and equipment, in a dramatic reversal of previous years' budgets, says a new report Read more

11 July, 2003 by John G.Spooner

Taiwanese firms share chip secrets

...Qualification Alliance, is made up of Taiwan's largest semiconductor players, including United Microelectronics and Taiwan Semiconductor. The project is supported by Taiwan's Industrial... Read more

14 April, 2003 by Winston Chai

Zigbee will spring into action this year

...to the report. ITE Tech, a spin-off from major chip foundry United Microelectronics, will also launch its Zigbee wireless chip this year. Both companies... Read more

11 April, 2003 by Staff

Xilinx approaches 90-nanometre goal

...nanometre chips during the second half of 2003. The company also uses United Microelectronics to produce its 90-nanometre chips. Xilinx isn't the first... Read more

1 April, 2003 by John G.Spooner

IBM and AMD form chip alliance

...also marks a break in an alliance between AMD and Taiwan's United Microelectronics, a foundry that makes chips for other companies. Earlier, AMD and... Read more

9 January, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

IBM teams up with Singapore's Chartered

...is jointly building a factory and developing manufacturing techniques with Chartered rival United Microelectronics Corp (UMC). "It is becoming almost impossible for the small semiconductor... Read more

27 November, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

AMD plans layoffs, outsourcing

...company's near-term demand outlook." AMD announced a manufacturing agreement with United Microelectronics Corporation, or UMC, in January. Under the deal, the two companies... Read more

7 November, 2002 by John G.Spooner

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