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To: Ian@SI who wrote (2147)	11/10/1999 12:47:00 PM
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some nice comments about a MTSN customer... ++++++++ Taiwan's UMC joins SRC consortium as first non-U.S. member Semiconductor Business News (11/10/99, 08:41:01 AM EDT) HSINCHU, Taiwan--Silicon foundry supplier UMC Group here today announced it has become the first foreign company to join U.S.-based Semiconductor Research Corp., an R&D consortium between major chip companies and universities in the United States. SRC's decision to open up its membership to international companies follows a similar move by industry consortium Sematech, which was set up in the 1980s to help revive the U.S. chip industry against intense competition from Japan (see Oct. 28 story). The SRC organization in Research Triangle Park, N.C., was established as a research management consortium by the Semiconductor Industry Association for long-term R&D projects in IC technologies at U.S. universities. "UMC Group's position as a global leader in advanced process technology makes them the logical choice for our first overseas member company," said Larry Sumney, chief executive officer of the SRC, which plans and manages a $35 million program of basic and applied research conducted principally at U.S. universities on behalf of participating North American companies. Prior to joining the R&D consortium, UMC was working with the SRC in a copper technology design contest that offered $1 million in financial incentives to North American university faculty/student teams for development of ICs and circuit subsystems using copper interconnects instead of conventional aluminum wiring on chips. "Our admission as the first overseas member of SRC clearly shows that today's technology world recognizes no international barriers," said Peter Chang, CEO of foundry operations at UMC. UMC officials noted that many of its current customers are based at U.S. design houses and fabless semiconductor companies. The contact with U.S. engineering and research students is expected to help strengthen its working relationship with the North American design community.