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United Microelectronics Corporation reports recurring developments in semiconductor foundry operations, including monthly consolidated sales, quarterly operating results, wafer shipment trends, gross margin, and demand across communications, computer, consumer, industrial, and other chip end markets. Company updates also cover technology-node traction such as 22nm revenue contribution and capacity activity across 8-inch and 12-inch wafer portfolios.
UMC news also includes manufacturing partnerships tied to advanced photonics and compound semiconductor production. Through Wavetek Microelectronics, a wholly owned subsidiary, the company supports foundry production for technologies such as thin-film lithium niobate, gallium nitride, and gallium arsenide used in optical interconnects, RF, power electronics, and AI data-center applications.
UMC (NYSE: UMC) released its 14nm embedded high-voltage (eHV) FinFET platform for display driver ICs, with the process design kit now available for customer designs.
Validated at Fab 12A, it targets premium smartphone displays, cutting power by up to 40% and chip area by 35% versus 22nm, while supporting higher refresh rates and a broad voltage range.
United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC) reported unaudited consolidated net sales for April 2026 of NT$22,663,945 thousand, up 10.80% year‑over‑year. Year‑to‑date Jan.–Apr. 2026 sales were NT$83,701,847 thousand, a 6.88% increase versus the same period in 2025.
All figures are consolidated and in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$).
UMC (NYSE: UMC) filed its 2025 annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2026. The report is available for download and shareholders may request a free hard copy.
For access, UMC provided a download link and an investor relations email for hard copy requests.
UMC (NYSE: UMC) reported 1Q26 consolidated revenue of NT$61.04 billion, gross margin of 29.2%, and net income attributable to shareholders of NT$16.17 billion (EPS NT$1.29; ADS US$0.204). Wafer shipments were 1,021K with 79% utilization; 22nm contributed 14% of revenue. CAPEX guidance is US$1.5 billion for 2026. UMC expects wafer shipments to rise by high-single digits in Q2 2026.
United Microelectronics (NYSE: UMC) reported unaudited consolidated net sales for March 2026 and the first quarter.
March 2026 net sales were NT$20,830,626 thousand, up NT$971,979 thousand (+4.89% year-over-year). Jan.–Mar. 2026 net sales were NT$61,037,902 thousand, up NT$3,178,945 thousand (+5.49% year-over-year). All figures are in consolidated thousands of New Taiwan Dollars.
HyperLight, UMC (NYSE: UMC) and Wavetek announced a collaboration with Jabil to scale thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonics for hyperscale AI data-center interconnects. The partnership combines HyperLight's TFLN chiplet platform, UMC/Wavetek wafer foundry capacity, and Jabil's high-volume system integration to enable energy-efficient optical modules for rack-level deployment.
The collaboration emphasizes lower power per module, reduced laser counts, and scalable 6-inch and 8-inch manufacturing to support mass deployment in AI clusters.
HyperLight, UMC (NYSE: UMC), and Wavetek announced a strategic partnership to enable high-volume foundry production of the TFLN Chiplet Platform on both 6-inch and 8-inch wafers. The collaboration pairs HyperLight platform architecture with Wavetek's 6-inch HVM experience and UMC's 8-inch production capability to support AI and cloud infrastructure deployment at scale.
The platform unifies IMDD, coherent, and co-packaged optics requirements, targets extreme modulation bandwidth, CMOS-level drive voltages, ultralow optical loss, reduced laser consumption, and aims to lower power and manufacturing complexity for data center and emerging quantum/sensing applications.
United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC) reported unaudited consolidated net sales for February 2026 of NT$19,345,126 thousand, up NT$1,151,611 thousand or 6.33% year-over-year. Cumulative Jan.–Feb. 2026 sales were NT$40,207,276 thousand, a 5.81% increase versus Jan.–Feb. 2025.
All figures are in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars and consolidated.
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reported unaudited consolidated net sales for January 2026 of NT$20,862,150 thousand, up NT$1,055,355 thousand or 5.33% year-over-year. The monthly total equals the year-to-date figure reported for Jan.-Jan.
UMC (NYSE: UMC) reported 4Q25 revenue of NT$61.81 billion, gross margin 30.7% and EPS of NT$0.81. Full-year results included a 93% YoY increase in 22nm revenue and shipments up 12.3% year-on-year. Cash and equivalents were NT$110.66 billion with free cash flow of NT$17.38 billion in 4Q25.
The company noted record 22nm quarterly revenue, capacity utilization of 78%, and ongoing investments in Singapore Phase 3 and US partnerships for growth in 2026.