Allegro MicroSystems and UMC Sign Long-Term Foundry Agreement
July 31 2018 - 05:00AM
Business Wire
Allegro Secures Wafer Capacity to Support
Projected Growth
Allegro MicroSystems (Allegro), a leader in developing
high-performance power and sensing semiconductors, and United
Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC; TWSE:2303) ("UMC"), a
leading global semiconductor foundry, have signed a long-term
agreement for UMC to continue as Allegro’s primary foundry wafer
manufacturer.
The agreement covers technical collaboration and establishes
capacity at UMC for Allegro’s proprietary automotive-grade
technologies, supporting the strong long-term growth projections of
Allegro. The two companies established a previous agreement in 2012
that initiated the transfer and production of Allegro’s own
technologies to UMC’s manufacturing facilities.
“We wanted a partnership that would help us expand Allegro’s
business and portfolio. UMC has been extremely successful in
satisfying the technology, quality, and production needs of our
customers,” said Thomas Teebagy, senior vice president of
operations and quality. “UMC has the capacity and technology to
accommodate Allegro’s projected growth and increasing wafer
shipment requirements.”
Allegro has previously ported its ABCD4 and ABCD6 processes to
UMC and will continue to port its own processes under the newly
signed agreement. Currently, the two companies are developing
Allegro’s A10S and A10P 0.18um BCD technologies as well as
supporting custom, leading edge GMR / TMR on-silicon
integration.
Bruce Lai, vice president of 8" operations at UMC said, “UMC’s
sustained effort towards developing robust specialty and automotive
technologies has enabled us to become a foundry leader in
automotive IC production, with AEC-Q100 qualified processes backed
by manufacturing that complies with rigorous ISO TS-16949
automotive quality standards for all UMC fabs. We value our
long-standing partnership with Allegro to produce their automotive
ICs, and we are pleased to extend our cooperation through this new
agreement to support their future growth requirements and help
enhance their market position.”
About Allegro MicroSystems
Allegro MicroSystems, (Allegro) is a leader in developing
high-performance power and sensing semiconductors. Allegro's
innovative solutions serve high-growth applications within the
automotive market, with additional focus on industrial and
consumer/computing solutions. Allegro is headquartered in
Manchester, New Hampshire (USA) with design, applications, and
sales support centers located worldwide. For more information,
please visit www.allegromicro.com.
About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TWSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor
foundry that provides advanced IC production for applications
spanning every major sector of the electronics industry. UMC’s
comprehensive foundry solutions enable chip designers to leverage
the company’s sophisticated technology and manufacturing, which
include world-class 28nm High-K/Metal Gate technology, 14nm FinFET
volume production, specialty process platforms specifically
developed for AI, 5G and IoT applications and the automotive
industry’s highest-rated AEC-Q100 Grade-0 manufacturing
capabilities for the production of ICs found in vehicles. UMC’s 11
wafer fabs are strategically located throughout Asia and are able
to produce over 600,000 wafers per month. The company employs more
than 20,000 people worldwide, with offices in Taiwan, China,
Europe, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the United States. UMC can be
found on the web at http://www.umc.com.
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Editorial:Allegro
MicroSystemsStephanie Fennelly, 603-626-2618 (NH) and
508-854-5363 (MA)sfennelly@allegromicro.comorUMCRichard Yu,
886 2-2658-9168 ext. 16951richard_yu@umc.com
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