Umc now (5) with the advantage of professional MEMS foundries asia-pacific Microsystems (APM) jointly announced the establishment of cooperative relations, for both sides provide customers more high-quality MEMS production services. Umc will use eight inches and 12 inches fabs production capacity, combined with six inches of APM MEMS fabs and abundant professional knowledge and experience of prototyping, chip designers provide high flexibility, high end-to-end MEMS production of expansion of the solution.

Umc JianShan jie enterprise Marketing Department senior vice President, said: "umc's achievements in the field of MEMS products, the products are widely used in the microphone sensor, accelerometer, and environment. After establishing cooperative relations with APM, which we can expand the service of the MEMS market potential, to satisfy the burgeoning field of Internet of things is given priority to the broad masses of customers, such as suppliers of systems, modules and new MEMS chip designers. Due to the APM has complete turn-key, MEMS prototyping and small amounts of production services, and umc provides the main flow of MEMS products manufacturing technology, can at any time can be transfer to high yield and low cost effective 8 inch wafer factory production, so the development of the strategic cooperation to provide customers more flexibility. In addition, customers also can turn their MEMS module 12 inches and umc advanced CMOS fabs process, introduced the most advanced MEMS function under the ASIC design."

Era of Internet of things, the internal drive current smart devices MEMS sensors and actuators of rapid growth. MEMS components and logic IC chip is different, MEMS focuses on the microchip internal use of mechanical, electronic and optical microstructure, promote non-electronic interaction or respond to the environment. Used in the automotive, consumer electronics, information communication and biotech medical industry of MEMS are facing a common topic, i.e. design research and development and the implementation is extremely complex and drags on time consuming. Under the umc and APM project team cooperation, will be able to reduce the cycle of the initial research and development of MEMS, provide complete production efficiency of the production capacity and competitive success fabs customer MEMS chips listed.

APM RaoGuoHao, general manager, said: "the APM has more than 15 years of experience in MEMS design, production and packaging, and on this basis, establish cooperation relationship with umc. Our elastic process capability and process module can handle different chip customization requirements, including sensors, actuators, and microstructure, help customers simplify the listing process of MEMS chip design. We would be glad to cooperate with umc, the two companies complement each other not only in the service aspect, but also in hsinchu, with numerous semiconductor supplier nearby, MEMS assembly and test supplier, sure the co-operative can offer unparalleled speed for MEMS customers from all over the world and supply chain advantage."