UMC will start manufacturing chips for Broadcom in the second quarter of 2014.
UMC confirms that it was able to increase the yield of suitable crystals for the 28-nm process. Interestingly, MediaTek and Qualcomm company plan to pick up the orders for solutions with 28-nm topological rules in favor of TSMC and UMC.
UMC continues to build production lines 14 nm FinFET. Pilot production of the relevant products is scheduled for late 2014, serial production of 14-nm chip company is going to start in the second half of 2015.