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United Microelectronics Corporation's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics CEO Discusses Q4 2010 - Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics Corporation Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics Corp. Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics Corp. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics Corp. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics Corp. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics Corp. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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United Microelectronics Corp. Q2 2008 Earnings Call
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United Microelectronics Corp. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Company Description

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Sector: Technology

Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Country: Taiwan

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Wednesday, May 8, 11:19 AM UMC (UMC +3.6%) rallies after delivering its Q1 report, and takes bigger rival TSMC (TSM +4%) higher with it. Though EPS of $0.09 missed consensus by $0.03, revenue of NT$27.8B ($931M) beat consensus by NT $1.4B ($47M). More importantly, UMC is guiding for a 12%-14% Q/Q increase in wafer shipments, and for a flat ASP; that suggests revenue should soundly beat a consensus of NT$28.8B. Q1 gross margin was 16.2%, +500 bps Q/Q and +90 bps Y/Y. UMC has trailed TSMC in ramping 28nm chip production. (PR) (slides) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Friday, March 8, 4:44 PM Slightly disappointing Feb. sales figures lead TSMC (TSM -0.8%) and UMC (UMC -1.1%) to close lower. TSMC's sales came in at $1.39B, -13.2% M/M and +21.5% Y/Y. EE Times points out that while a Feb. drop is normal thanks to fewer days and the Chinese New Year, the decline is bigger than the 6.1% TSMC has averaged over the last 10 years. Digitimes recently reported TSMC has limited Q2 order visibility from mobile chip clients (responsible for much of its growth) due to inventory builds. UMC, which has been losing share, reported Feb. sales of $295M, -7.6% M/M and +3.4% Y/Y. (PRs: I, II) Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
Monday, February 18, 3:52 PM TSMC (TSM) +1.9% and UMC -1.8% in Taipei after UMC warns it might post an NT$1B ($34M) Q1 operating loss due to a "slower than expected" manufacturing ramp for chips using its advanced 28nm process. TSMC began production of 28nm chips back in Q3 '11, and rapidly grew output in 2H12 after struggling with yield issues in 1H. TSMC's process edge over UMC and other foundries is a big reason why it has an outsized share of mobile chip orders, and is expected to continue gaining share in 2013. 3 Comments [Tech, Earnings]
Wednesday, February 6, 5:05 AM United Microelectronics (UMC): Q4 EPS of $0.02 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $899M (-8.5% Y/Y) beats by $4M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Thursday, January 17, 2:19 PM Intel's (INTC +1.9%) chip foundry business has reeled in Cisco (CSCO -0.1%) as a customer, sources tell Bloomberg ahead of the chip giant's Q4 report. If true, the deal would easily be the largest thus far for Intel's foundry ops, which are trying to leverage the company's manufacturing process edge to gain ground against the likes of TSM, UMC, and Samsung. Cisco's switches and routers depend heavily on custom ASICs produced by foundries. Piper reported of an Intel-Cisco tie-up in September. 2 Comments [Tech]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 9:29 AM Taiwanese foundry UMC has named Po-Wen Yen, formerly the head of its 12-inch (300mm) wafer ops, its new CEO. He replaces Shih-Wen Sun, who is being kicked upstairs to the role of vice chairman. UMC suggests Yen's background will be of value as the company goes through with a big expansion of a 300mm fab. UMC's sales growth has been trailing that of bigger rival TSMC (TSM) for some time, as TSMC grabs a larger share of order for cutting-edge mobile chips. Comment! [Tech]
Friday, November 9, 2012, 4:42 PM It pays for chip companies to have good mobile exposure these days. TSMC (TSM +1.4%), the top foundry for Qualcomm, OmniVision, Broadcom, and other mobile chip names, reported its October sales rose 15% M/M and 32% Y/Y to $1.7B, boosted by growing 28nm chip production. Rival UMC, by comparison, only saw 12% Y/Y growth. Credit Suisse now thinks TSMC should be able to hit the high end of its Q4 revenue guidance range thanks to smartphone-related orders. Comment! [Tech, Earnings]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 5:55 AM United Microelectronics (UMC): Q3 EPS of NT$0.19 may not be comparable to consensus of NT$0.32. Revenue of NT$28.53B ($973.2M) (+13.3% Y/Y) in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AGCO, AMT, BWA, CAM, CKSW, CLX, CMI, CNH, COCO, ETN, GM, GRMN, IPGP, IRM, MA, MGM, MSCI, MT, NUS, NVO, PSX, PWR, RDC, SO, STX, UMC, VG, WEC, WM Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AGCO, AMT, BWA, CAM, CKSW, CLX, CMI, CNH, COCO, ETN, GM, GRMN, IPGP, IRM, MA, MGM, MSCI, MT, NUS, NVO, PSX, PWR, RDC, SO, STX, UMC, VG, WEC, WM Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, September 20, 2012, 1:51 PM Intel (INTC) is working on a foundry partnership with Cisco (CSCO) in which the former would manufacture the latter's custom processors, Piper reports. The firm thinks the deal could represent a $1B/year opportunity. Intel entered the foundry market earlier this year, betting its huge resources and cutting-edge manufacturing processes would make it a worthy rival to the likes of TSM and UMC. But its customer wins have thus far been limited. 6 Comments [Tech]
Friday, September 7, 2012, 5:02 PM STMicroelectronics (STM) is partnering with Taiwanese foundry UMC to develop image sensors using backside illumination (BSI) tech, which provides image quality advantages over traditional front-side illumination sensors. This could provide some fresh competition for OmniVision (OVTI), which is widely believed to be supplying a BSI sensor for the iPhone 5. The iPhone 4S uses a Sony (SNE) BSI sensor. Comment! [Tech]
Thursday, August 23, 2012, 2:47 PM UMC, which has been ceding share to bigger Taiwanese foundry TSMC (TSM), is shuttering an older Japanese manufacturing plant. The plant is owned by a subsidiary claiming assets of $212.2M and liabilities of $34.4M. Separately, UMC's solar subsidiaries are halting plans to make new investments, due to weak industry conditions. (UMC's 10% stake offer) Comment! [Tech]
Monday, July 30, 2012, 3:58 PM UMC says it's offering a 10% stake in the company through a private placement, with the goal of obtaining "strategic partners." There has been speculation that cash-rich Qualcomm (QCOM), which recently struck a foundry deal with UMC (among others) on account of TSMC's (TSM) 28nm supply issues, will make an investment. UMC, which has been struggling to keep pace with TSMC, recently broke ground on an $8B fab project. 1 Comment [Tech]
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 6:03 AM United Micro (UMC): Q2 EPS of NT$0.24 beats by NT$0.02. Revenue of $924.67M (-1.9% Y/Y) beats by $130.13M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech]
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: ALXN, AOL, ARMH, ATI, BA, BMY, CAT, CBE, COP, CP, CVE, DAL, DLR, DRH, ECA, ELN, F, GD, GLW, HCBK, HES, JBLU, LCC, LLY, LO, LVLT, MSI, MT, NDAQ, NLSN, NOC, NYB, OCR, PDS, PEP, PX, REGN, ROK, SO, SWI, TEL, TMO, TROW, UMC, USG, WLP, WYN Comment! [Earnings]

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The true share value of $UMC is 2.75 on their total group of companies after purchasing own stock under $2.00 over several millions shares.
May 10, 5:23 PM
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bd4uandu
Nice moves on $TSM and $UMC ... Should of hung on to TSM sold a little before it's time.
May 8, 11:53 AM
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Ashraf Eassa
Nibbled on some more $AMD. Dumped $UMC for a slight loss.
Feb 20, 6:49 PM
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Ashraf Eassa: Falling behind in 28nm? Sounds like the claims that Intel is making about more fabs biting the dust is true.
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chen5631867: AMD is lossing moneys, and not able to compete with Intel.
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Ashraf Eassa
Sold $UMC. -0.03/share.
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bd4uandu
Sold $UMC for a little gain 1% since 2.8.13
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bd4uandu
Took profits sold $MXWL for gain 13%...$UMC for gain 1%...$XIDE for gain 2.4% ...since last week. Back to shopping...Hmmm maybe some fruit.
Jan 29, 9:56 AM
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Shoeshine99
ready for a permanent price breakout over $2 $UMC
Jan 23, 8:18 PM
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bd4uandu: I bought some $UMC @ $1.92 it looks like it's ready for more upside.
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bd4uandu
Bought $UMC @ $1.92
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bd4uandu
Why the drop in $UMC??
Jan 17, 1:18 PM
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bd4uandu
$UMC a buy at $1.95?
Jan 17, 11:29 AM
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Ashraf Eassa
Nibbled on some more $AMD. Dumped $UMC for a slight loss.
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Ashraf Eassa: Falling behind in 28nm? Sounds like the claims that Intel is making about more fabs biting the dust is true.
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chen5631867: AMD is lossing moneys, and not able to compete with Intel.
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Shoeshine99
ready for a permanent price breakout over $2 $UMC
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bd4uandu: I bought some $UMC @ $1.92 it looks like it's ready for more upside.
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Sal Marvasti
Swapped the 50% of my last remaining AMD for UMC. Risk averse portfolio
10/23/12
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Sal Marvasti: Yes real bummer, but I still have the other half.
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Sal Marvasti: Still I see UMC as better mid term investment. AMD needs to reinvent itself.
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Sal Marvasti
Cannot find any data why UMC is dropping ?
10/22/12
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Sal Marvasti: PCRFY.OB semis, revenue is dropping that is a real reason.
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Sal Marvasti: Is UMC tied to PCRFY.OB semis?
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