UMC

Samsung will fund the purchase of 400 additional machines for UMC's Nanke P6 plant in Taiwan, to expand production capacity of image sensors and panel driver chips. The plant will start construction in Q2 2021 and mass production in 2023.

UMC announced in December 2018 it was expanding monthly capacity of its HeJian Technology (Suzhou) in China by 10,000 wafers and streamlining its production process at 8-inch facilities in Taiwan.

UMC held a groundbreaking ceremony for Fab 12A Phase 5 & 6 at its Tainan complex, with an $8 billion investment, machine installation in H2 2013, extending 28nm production and enabling 20nm and beyond.