United Microelectronics Corporation

United Microelectronics Corporation or UMC (TWSE: 2303, NYSE: UMC) was founded as Taiwan's first semiconductor company in 1980 as a spin-off of the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

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