United Microelectronics Corporation

semiconductor foundry company headquartered in Taiwan
Organization business Q143616
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United Microelectronics Corporation

Summary

United Microelectronics Corporation is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,161 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • United Microelectronics Corporation is in the country of Taiwan[3].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation is in the country of TW[4].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Hsinchu Science Park[8].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Hsinchu City[9].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as United Microelectronics (United States)[10].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's Commons category is recorded as United Microelectronics Corporation[11].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's stock exchange is recorded as Taiwan Stock Exchange[12].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[13].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's industry is recorded as semiconductor industry[14].
  • May 22, 1980 marks the founding of United Microelectronics Corporation[15].
  • 1980 marks the founding of United Microelectronics Corporation[16].
  • 1980-05-22 marks the founding of United Microelectronics Corporation[17].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's official website is recorded as https://www.umc.com/[18].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+19000'}[19].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's legal form is recorded as Q130279318[20].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's legal form is recorded as TD8P[21].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UMC'}[22].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '聯電'}[23].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's owner of is recorded as Silicon Integrated Systems[24].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's owner of is recorded as Q15693256[25].
  • United Microelectronics Corporation's owner of is recorded as Wavetek Microelectronics Corporation[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 391200YJCAGH9LF96P73[27]

  • Registered legal name: 聯華電子股份有限公司[28]

  • Legal jurisdiction: TW[29]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[30]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): TD8P[31]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[32]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[33]

  • Entity created: 1980-05-22[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2018-03-26[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-04-16[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-05-10[37]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000551[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 47217677[40]

  • Other names: United Microelectronics Corporation[41]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include May 22, 1980[15], 1980[16], and 1980-05-22[17].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UMC'}[22] and {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '聯電'}[23].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Hsinchu Science Park[8], a science park[43], in Taiwan[44] and Hsinchu City[9], a provincial city[45], in Taiwan[46], founded in 1982[47]. United Microelectronics Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as United Microelectronics (United States)[10].

Industry

United Microelectronics Corporation's industry is recorded as semiconductor industry[14].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Taiwan Stock Exchange[12] and New York Stock Exchange[13].

Why It Matters

United Microelectronics Corporation ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,161 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . umc.com. Retrieved . umc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [42] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1980-05-22T00:00:00Z, +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z, 1980-05-22
    Legal form Q130279318, TD8P
    Stock exchange Taiwan Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange
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