Taiwan-based wafer foundry United Microelectronics Corporation has announced that its revenue in August 2009 increased by 11% from NTD8.17 billion in the same period of last year to NTD9.06 billion.

Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation has announced that its revenue in June 2009 increased by 1.6% year-on-year to NTD8.24 billion and its revenue in the first half of 2009 decreased by 32% to NTD33.47 billion.

China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation announced its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009, showing overall revenue decreased to USD146.5 million in the quarter, down by 46.2% from the previous quarter.

Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation posted miserable quarterly figures as it announced its results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2008, during which overall revenue decreased to USD272.5 million, down 27.5% quarter-on-quarter.

Japan's Elpida Memory, Inc., one of the world's biggest computer memory chip manufacturers, has announced plans to jointly invest USD5 billion with two Chinese investors to build a chip factory in Suzhou.

China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMI) held a foundation-laying ceremony for two production lines and an R&D center in Shenzhen this past weekend.

According to No. 1 Finance Daily, Suzhou-based Hejian and Japanese wafer giant Elpida will jointly set up a 12-inch wafer plant in Suzhou Industrial Park under the name of He Fa.