United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) Dividends

United Microelectronics Corp. is engaged in the semiconductor foundry company which provides IC fabrication services, focusing on logic and various technologies to serve all major sectors of the electronics industry. The company is headquartered in Hsinchu, Hsinchu. The firm provides integrated circuit (IC) production for applications spanning every sector of the electronics industry. The firm operates through two segments. The Wafer Fabrication segment is mainly engaged in the manufacture of chips to the design specifications of its customers by using its own processes and techniques. The New Business segment is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and provision of solar energy. The firm is engaged in the maintenance of a customer base across various industries, including communication, consumer electronics, computer, memory, new generation light-emitting diode (LED) and others, while focusing on manufacturing for applications, including networking, telecommunications, Internet, multimedia, personal computers (PCs) and graphics.