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TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of March 2026.
Additional information about UMC is available on the web at https://www.umc.com.
Would it be significantly "cheaper" to make a 7nm or 5nm-class fab today than it was 5-6 years ago? I always wonder if UMC or GloFo will ever offer (significantly) higher densities again..
Would it be significantly "cheaper" to make a 7nm or 5nm-class fab today than it was 5-6 years ago? I always wonder if UMC or GloFo will ever offer (significantly) higher densities again..
The cost would likely would have increased if you account for Inflation and TSMC N7/N6 is decent bit cheaper and not volume constrained it would be a loosing battle
The cost would likely would have increased if you account for Inflation and TSMC N7/N6 is decent bit cheaper and not volume constrained it would be a loosing battle
One thing I went through at Intel and as a consultant to other compainies.... Once you skip a node (or 3) the cost goes up. Its very hard to get back on. its like starting greenfield fab and greenfield R&D. Maybe buy old Intel facilities or old TSMC/Samsung facilities. Intel took way longer than they thought to optimize EUV. growing in 12nm+ is a good idea for these companies and let others focus on leading nodes. just an opinion.
