Wi-Fi 6 (ax)+BLEv5.4+15.4 Dual Band RF IP for High-End Applications.
Dr. I. C. Chen Joins UMC as Vice President
HSINCHU, Taiwan, July 8, 2010 – United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that Dr. Ih Chin Chen has joined the company as vice president of Advanced Technology Development, sharing the responsibility with current division vice president S. C. Chien for the development of advanced technologies at UMC.
Dr. I. C. Chen brings more than 20 years of experience in semiconductor technology research and development at major semiconductor companies in the United States, China, and Taiwan. He has published over 120 academic papers in professional journals worldwide and possesses 30 patents in various countries. Dr. Chen earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, and his master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Together with his Co-V.P. S. C. Chien, Dr. Chen will apply his extensive research experience to lead the company's excellent research and development team toward enhancing UMC's advanced technology development capabilities and providing customers with the best advanced and customer-driven technology solutions available.
About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry that provides advanced technology and manufacturing services for applications spanning every major sector of the IC industry. UMC's customer-driven foundry solutions allow chip designers to leverage the strength of the company’s leading-edge processes, which include production proven 65nm, 45/40nm, 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. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com.
|
Related News
- Pankaj Mayor Joins Arteris IP as Executive Vice President of Global Sales
- TSMC Appoints Dr. Shang-Yi Chiang as Senior Vice President
- Dr. Ford Tamer, Senior Vice President at Broadcom, Joins eASIC's Board of Directors
- Dr. Edward C. Ross, President Emeritus of TSMC, Joins Open-Silicon Board of Directors
- EdgeCortix Expands Leadership Team with Semiconductor Industry Veteran Tim Vehling as Executive Vice President of Global Sales
Breaking News
- intoPIX Powers Ikegami's New IPX-100 with JPEG XS for Seamless & Low-Latency IP Production
- Tower Semiconductor and Alcyon Photonics Announce Collaboration to Accelerate Integrated Photonics Innovation
- Qualcomm initiates global anti-trust complaint about Arm
- EnSilica Agrees $18m 7 Year Design and Supply ASIC Contract
- SiliconIntervention Announces Availability of Silicon Based Fractal-D Audio Amplifier Evaluation Board
Most Popular
- Qualcomm initiates global anti-trust complaint about Arm
- Siemens acquires Altair to create most complete AI-powered portfolio of industrial software
- Alphawave Semi Reveals Suite of Optoelectronics Silicon Products addressing Hyperscaler Datacenter and AI Interconnect Market
- EnSilica Agrees $18m 7 Year Design and Supply ASIC Contract
- Rapidus Announces Strategic Partnership with Quest Global to Enable Advanced 2nm Solutions for the AI Chip Era
![]() |
E-mail This Article | ![]() |
![]() |
Printer-Friendly Page |