Taiwan-based UMC, though remains in the shadow of after-market services contract GlobalFoundries and Samsung, for TSMC is one of the competitors.
The share of manufacturing processes with the standards of less than 40nm now accounts for 43% of UMC revenues , in the case of a share of the 28-nm process technology, you can say that it continues to grow. For example, in the first quarter UMC received from the issue of 28-nm products, only 8% of revenue, in the second quarter, this share has increased to 17%. Special contribution to the growth in demand for 28-nm orders do clients from the telecommunications industry, which form 55% of UMC revenue.
Demand for components for smartphones has returned to growth, and it marks not only of UMC, but the main rival in the person of TSMC. Demand for the 40-nm process technology at the same time remain stable. In the second quarter the degree of UMC loading equipment held at the level of 89% in the current quarter, this figure will fall to 85-86%. A year ago, it reached 94%.
UMC will continue to expand production capacity for the release of 28-nm products in the Taiwan company Fab 12A. In addition, it is preparing to launch built in conjunction with the China mainland factory in Xiamen. It begins to release products using silicon wafers 300 mm in size at the end of this year. Local consumers should benefit from the proximity of the company to the main markets.
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