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UMC to Make Processors for Advanced Micro, Web Site Says
By Alan Patterson
Taipei, May 2 (Bloomberg) -- United Microelectronics Corp., the second-largest chipmaker on a contract basis, said it will make processors for Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which has more orders than it is able to meet with its own chip factories, the CTech Web site reported, citing UMC President Peter Chang.
AMD, the second-largest processor maker after Intel Corp., has increased its share of the market to about 18 percent and has given UMC one of its first contracts to make these high-margin chips that perform most of the computing functions in a personal computer, according to the Web site operated by Taiwan's largest newspaper.
UMC has also received a contract from Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. to make digital signal processors, which are used to perform the main functions of mobile phones and other consumer electronic products, the report said.
UMC said at its first-quarter earnings announcement on April 30 that it will make processors for Sun Microsystems Inc., one of the largest makers of servers, or computers that manage corporate networks and Web sites.
(CTech 05/02) To view the Web site report, see ctech.com.tw |
