Wafer foundry UMC (2303-TW) is actively accelerating the layout of compound semiconductors and is optimistic about the demand prospects. It has established a technology platform with its approximately 80% shareholding subsidiary, Lianying Optoelectronics, and cooperated with the Belgian Microelectronics Research Center (IMEC) for technology research and development. In the initial stage, the 6-inch GaN (Gallium Nitride) process will be used, and customers will start to design and import next year. UMC Associate Zheng Ziming attended the “SEMI Talks Leadership Dialogue” at the SEMICON Taiwan 2021 Compound Semiconductor Special Exhibition today. In an interview after the meeting, he said that there…