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TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of February 2025. Revenues for February 2025 Period 2025 2024 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) February 18,193,515 17,451,268 742,247 4.25% Jan.-Feb. 38,000,310 36,464,965 1,535,345 4.21% (*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages (**) All figures are consolidated Additional information about UMC is available on the web at.

Cutting-Edge Cardiac Research: Novoheart's CTScreen™ system has been installed at UMC Utrecht, equipping Regenerative Medicine Center with advanced high-throughput tools to accelerate human cardiac disease modeling and therapeutic screening, including both drug candidates and gene editing approaches Driving Innovation: This installation paves the way for future co-development projects with UMC Utrecht, advancing human-based research and cardiac regenerative technologies BOSTON and UTRECHT, Netherlands, Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medera Inc. (“Medera”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on targeting difficult-to-treat or currently incurable diseases with significant unmet needs, and Novoheart, its wholly owned pre-clinical subsidiary pioneering human-based cardiac tissue engineering for disease modelling and drug screening, are pleased to announce the installation of their state-of-the-art CTScreen™ platform at the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC U

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of January 2025. Revenues for January 2025 Period 2025 2024 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) January 19,806,795 19,013,697 793,098 4.17% Jan.-Jan. 19,806,795 19,013,697 793,098 4.17% (*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages (**) All figures are consolidated Additional information about UMC is available on the web at http.

United Microelectronics stock fell 5% after Citibank downgraded it from buy to sell, citing gross margin weakness and competitive pressures. The company reported lower-than-expected earnings for Q4, driven by lower gross margins and non-operating income expenses. Despite challenges, UMC maintains a strong cash position and plans to continue a strong dividend policy.

UMC's Q4'24 results were modestly disappointing, with a small operating miss driven by gross margin pressures, and 2025 guidance that was better than bears feared, but not thesis-changing. Demand should recover in 2025 as inventories have been run down across multiple markets (auto, consumer, industrial, wireless, et al), but pricing remains a risk. UMC's advanced packaging capabilities are a solid positive driver, as is the possibility of increased protectionism driving more volumes to their non-Chinese fabs.

United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 21, 2025 4:00 AM ET Company Participants Michael Lin - Head of Investor Relations Jason Wang - President Chitung Liu - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Sunny Lin - UBS Gokul Hariharan - JPMorgan Brad Lin - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Charlie Chan - Morgan Stanley Bruce Lu - Goldman Sachs Jason Zhang - CLSA Operator Welcome everyone to UMC's 2024 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent background noise.

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC” or “The Company”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced its consolidated operating results for the fourth quarter of 2024. Fourth quarter consolidated revenue was NT$60.39 billion, decreasing 0.2% from NT$60.49 billion in 3Q24. Compared to a year ago, 4Q24 revenue increased 9.9%. Consolidated gross margin for 4Q24 was 30.4%. Net income attributable to the shareholders of the pa.

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MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading provider of highly accurate long-read sequencing solutions, announced a significant publication from Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) and its research partners in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The study demonstrates the impact of PacBio's HiFi long-read sequencing technology in identifying genetic causes of rare diseases, illustrating the feasibility of potentially replacing multiple diagnostic tests with a single, more comprehensive approach.

HSINCHU, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303)(“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that its flagship Fab 12A in Tainan, Taiwan has been selected for the World Economic Forum's Global Lighthouse Network, a group of 189 sites identified as exemplars in leveraging Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies to enhance operational productivity, efficiency, and sustainable manufacturing. Fab 12A, UMC's largest production.