General information

About UMC

UMC is a leading global semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs for applications spanning every major sector of the IC industry. UMC's SoC Solution Foundry strategy is based on the strength of the company's advanced technologies, which include production proven 90nm, 65nm, mixed signal/RFCMOS, and a wide range of specialty technologies. Production is supported through 10 wafer manufacturing facilities that include two advanced 300mm fabs; Fab 12A in Taiwan and Singapore-based Fab 12i are both in volume production for a variety of customer products. The company employs approximately 13,000 people worldwide and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States.

The SoC Solution Foundry

The increasing complexity of 90nm and beyond technologies has impacted the entire chip industry, as ICs can now be designed with greater gate density and higher performance while incorporating the functions of an entire system.

These new System on Chip (SoC) designs have created a whole new market of "smart" products such as today's proliferating 3G cell phones, which have decreased in size while greatly increasing in functionality.

UMC collaborates closely with customers as well as partners throughout the entire supply chain, including equipment, EDA tool, and IP vendors to work synergistically towards each customer's SoC silicon success. We also possess the required knowledge in system design and architecture necessary to properly integrate SOC designs with advanced process technologies and IP. The result is a greater chance of first pass silicon success for today's SoC designs.

UMC's complete foundry SoC solution starts from a common logic-based platform, where designers can choose the process technology and transistor options that best fit their application. From there, technologies such as RFCMOS and embedded Flash can be used to further fine-tune the process for customers' individual needs. Furthermore, as IP has become a critical resource for today's SoCs, we have worked to provide basic SoC design building blocks as well as more complex IP that are optimized for portability and cost, developed both internally and from third party partners.

With advanced technology, a broad IP portfolio, system knowledge, and advanced 300mm manufacturing, UMC offers complete SoC foundry solutions to deliver successful results in a timely fashion.