United Microelectronics Corporation
Native name | 聯華電子 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| TWSE: 2303 NYSE: UMC | |
| Industry | Semiconductor Foundry |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Robert Tsao |
| Headquarters | Hsinchu Science Park Hsinchu, Taiwan |
Key people | Stan Hung, Chairman SC Chien, Co-president Jason Wang, Co-president |
| Revenue | NT$176.821 billion (2020) |
| NT$22.007 billion or NT$21.931 billion (2020) | |
| NT$27.18 billion or NT$20.852 billion (2020) | |
Number of employees | 19,577 (2020) |
| Website | umc.com |
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC; Chinese: 聯華電子; pinyin: Liánhuá Diànzǐ) is a Taiwanese company based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was founded as Taiwan's first semiconductor company in 1980 as a spin-off of the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).