According to a popular Taiwanese online resource DigiTimes, the company United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) plans during the fourth quarter of 2014 to increase the monthly amount of processing 300-mm wafers using 28-nm rules to 12,000 pieces. Thus proceeds from UMC 28nm orders reaches a value of 5% of total revenue, while in the third quarter 28-nm production will bring around 3% of revenue. During 2015 the amount of 28-nm production will be increased to 25,000 300mm wafers per month.
Now UMC company has three major client on 28-nm solutions, one of which called MediaTek company . In 2015, with the expansion of production capacity is expected to increase the amount of UMC customers. UMC also expect an increase in gross profit from issue of 28-nm products. .
Today, TSMC company produces confident 20-nm solutions. It comes with a faster pace, even compared with the introduction of UMC company 28nm production. In such circumstances, UMC company, the former once the world's second-largest contract manufacturer can no longer challenge . Moreover, it may take a couple of years and it will not be able to compete with the Chinese contract manufacturer.