The chip foundry Lianhua Electronics announced on its official website in April that it will work with many customers around the world to expand the production capacity of the 12A plant. Participating customers will pay a deposit in advance at an agreed price. To ensure long-term production capacity after expansion.
Later, a source in the industry chain revealed that UMC’s eight major customers have promised long-term capacity requirements for a period of up to six years. Last week, a source in the industry chain revealed that Qualcomm had reached a long-term chip foundry agreement with UMC for a period of more than six years.
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After Qualcomm, there has been news that NXP Semiconductors, which focuses on semiconductor products in the fields of industry, automobiles, and the Internet of Things, has reached a long-term chip foundry agreement with UMC.
The news that NXP Semiconductors reached a long-term chip foundry agreement with UMC was also reported by the English media citing information disclosed by industry chain sources.
Judging from the information disclosed by industry chain sources, the foundry agreement reached between NXP Semiconductors and UMC has a period of six years.
However, it is unclear whether the news that Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors reached a long-term chip foundry agreement with UMC as disclosed by industry chain sources is true. It is also unclear whether Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors are participating in UMC’s expansion. Customers with 12A factory capacity.
