Posts Tagged ‘UMC’
GlobalFoundries, Taiwanese chipmaker UMC consider merger: sources
TAIWAN’S major chipmaker United Microelectronics and US-based GlobalFoundries are looking into the possibility of a merger, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. A combined company would establish a larger US-based firm with a global manufacturing footprint spanning Asia, United States and Europe. The potential deal comes as the US seeks to…
Read MoreSBI negotiating with SK Hynix, UMC on Japan chip plant collaboration: report
SBI Holdings is negotiating with South Korea’s SK Hynix and Taiwan’s UMC about collaboration on a chips plant the financial firm is planning in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported on Friday. A spokesperson for SBI, however, said the report was not true. SBI aims to collaborate with SK Hynix on back-end DRAM processes…
Read MoreSBI denies report it is negotiating with SK Hynix, UMC on Japan chip plant
SBI Holdings denied a Nikkan Kogyo newspaper report that it is negotiating with South Korea’s SK Hynix and Taiwan’s UMC about collaboration on a chips plant in Miyagi prefecture. The report is not true, said a spokesperson for the financial firm on Friday. SBI aims to collaborate with SK Hynix on back-end DRAM processes and with…
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