United Microelectronics Corporation provides semiconductor wafer foundry solutions. The company offers wafer manufacturing services and other solutions to address the needs of foundry customers. Its foundry solutions include IP and design methodology solutions, such as foundry design kits, reference design flows, design verification, designs for manufacturing, and low power solutions, as well as process technologies. The company also offers intellectual property protection and data preparation, mask inspection, and tape-out status tracking services; and testing/package solutions, such as product yield management and package solution development. It operates primarily in Europe, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States. United Microelectronics Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.