January 9, 2007 – Taiwanese foundry UMC posted another slight decline in monthly sales in December, but its total sales were still up about 15% for the full year vs. 2005 results.
UMC posted December sales of $256.3 million, a 3.7% sequential decrease and 7.7% lower than December 2005, following similar M-M and Y-Y declines in November. For the full year, sales were up about 14.7% to $3.19 billion.
Rival foundry TSMC plans to release official 4Q06 results on Jan.25.