United Microelectronics Corporation

Foundation Year

• May, 1980

Founders

• UMC was founded as a spin-off of the government-sponsored institute Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).
  

Taglines

• Customer Driven Foundry Solutions
  

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Ticker Symbol

• NYSE : UMC
• TSEC : 2303

Insight On UMC Businesses

• UMC is a semiconductor foundry which manufactures advanced process Integrated Circuits (IC) for applications spanning major sectors of the semiconductor industry. The company develops system-on-chip (SOC) ICs for various applications including copper interconnects, low k dielectrics, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS.

Some of the facts: UMC was

• Taiwan's first semiconductor company.
• First foundry to ship wafers using copper materials.
• First foundry to produce chips using 28-nanometer processes.
• First foundry to produce ICs on 300-mm wafers.

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STMicroelectronics

Foundation Year

• Incorporated in 1987 as SGS Thomson and renamed as STMicroelectronics in 1998
  

Taglines

• Sense and Power. A world of Analog.
  
• We work for your energy efficient world - Nov'2008

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Ticker Symbol

• NYSE : STM
• Euronext : STM
• BIT : STM

Below are the important dates associated with the company. (For more information visit http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/STMicroelectronics-NV-Company-History.html)

• 1957: Olivetti subsidiary Telectro launches semiconductor manufacturing division, Société Generale Semiconductor.
• 1968: Thomson-Brandt acquires Compagnie Generale de Telegraphie San Fils, forming Thomson-CSF high-technology group.
• 1986: Thomson-CSF acquires Mostek, of the United States, in order to boost its semiconductor operations.
• 1987: SGS Thomson is created through the merger of Italy's SGS Microelettronica and France's SGS-Thomson's semiconductor division.
• 1994: SGS Thomson goes public on New York and Paris stock exchanges.
• 1998: Thomson sells out its share and company changes name to STMicroelectronics; ST adds listing on Italian stock exchange.
• 2002: ST acquires microelectronics division of Alcatel, giving it worldwide leadership status in the DSL market; overall, ST ranks in top five of the global semiconductor industry.

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