# UMC invests $501 million in second-phase expansion of Xiamen semiconductor factory

United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) announced a 3.5 billion yuan ($501 million) investment for a second-phase expansion of its Xiamen factory, increasing semiconductor wafer capacity to 50,000 items per month.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-02-11
- Where: Xiamen, Fujian province, China
- Value: $501.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50,000 semiconductor wafers per month
- Products: semiconductor wafers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [United Microelectronics Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/19674.md)
- [United Semi Integrated Circuit Mfg. (Xiamen) Co. Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/45261.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [scceu.org](https://scceu.org/taiwan-chipmaker-umc-invests-500-million-more-in-mainland-factory/), 2020-02-14: "Despite uncertainty about China’s economic outlook amid the coronavirus outbreak, Taiwan chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) announced Tuesday it will go ahead with a planned 3.5 billion yuan ($501 million) investment in a Chinese mainland manufacturing subsidiary."

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