{"id":383813,"date":"2026-07-14T14:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/div-taiwans-second-largest-chipmaker-starts-mass-production-in-singapore-citi-sees-improving-outlook-div\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:02:13","slug":"div-taiwans-second-largest-chipmaker-starts-mass-production-in-singapore-citi-sees-improving-outlook-div","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/div-taiwans-second-largest-chipmaker-starts-mass-production-in-singapore-citi-sees-improving-outlook-div\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan&#8217;s second-largest chipmaker starts mass production in Singapore; Citi sees improving outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" 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Photographer: SeongJoon Cho\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCredit\">Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s second-largest contract chipmaker, <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">United Microelectronics Corporation<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> (UMC), announced Tuesday its first mass-produced silicon photonics wafers manufactured within its Singapore facility.<\/p>\n<p>UMC is aiming to address the growing demand for high-speed optical interconnects in AI and hyperscaler data center networks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:100%\" class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>Collaborating with SILITH Technology, a local fabless chip design company, the joint team brought the silicon photonics platform from development to production readiness in 18 months, securing the technology to support next-generation AI infrastructure, UMC said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>UMC also plans to make its own 12-inch silicon photonics platform available for customer product development by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as analysts at Citi said they see an improving outlook for the chipmaker in the second half of the year, forecasting a 13% quarter-on-quarter sales jump in the second quarter of 2026 and a gross margin recovery. <\/p>\n<p>Supporting Wall Street optimism, UMC recently reported strong financial performance, with June sales jumping 22.85% year-on-year to NT$23.12 billion ($719.21 million), and first-half cumulative sales rising 11.28%.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s stock, however, fell nearly 5% in Taiwan during Tuesday&#8217;s session, before parring losses to trade 1.6% lower. <\/p>\n<div style=\"height:100%\" class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>UMC is part of a broader wave of Taiwanese tech firms expanding their manufacturing footprint in Singapore, as the city-state grows into a major regional hub for the global semiconductor supply chain. <\/p>\n<p>This growing ecosystem includes <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-4\">King Yuan Electronics Corp<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> as well as Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, a chipmaker backed by TSMC, which recently partnered with Netherlands-based <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-5\">NXP Semiconductors<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> to build a $7.8 billion manufacturing plant in the city state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Silicon photonics is an essential technology for transmitting and processing data at ultra-high speeds, with its market seeing notable growth driven by rising data traffic and demand for faster optical communication, pushing its global size to an estimated $3.71 billion in 2026 according to data from Polaris Market Research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ArticleBody-MobileAdhesion\" class=\"MobileAdhesion-container\" data-module=\"mps-slot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"RegularArticle-GooglePreferredSource-5\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceBorder\"><\/div>\n<p>Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article 2449-TW VNX-FF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Commercial buildings illuminated at dusk in Singapore, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. 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