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CTOnews.com May 13 news, according to a recent report by the Economic Daily, legal institutions predict that wafer foundry UMC will maintain a capacity utilization rate of 70% in the second quarter. With the gradual improvement of the industrial environment, demand is expected to pick up moderately in the third quarter at the earliest.

▲ triple factory, photo source: UMC's April revenue fell to NT $18.461 billion (CTOnews.com Note: currently about RMB 4.172 billion), up 4.3% from the previous month and 19% lower than the same period last year. Total revenue in the first four months of this year was NT $72.67 billion (currently about RMB 16.423 billion), down more than 10% from the same period last year.

At the same time, the legal person also pointed out that the overall level of capacity utilization in the second quarter is similar to that in the first quarter, except that the capacity utilization of 28nm and 22nm is gradually improving, but the utilization rate of 8 inches is worse than expected.

It is estimated that the wafer shipments in the second quarter will be the same as those in the previous quarter, with a capacity utilization rate of 70%; the dollar ASP of the overall product will maintain the level of the previous quarter, with a gross profit margin of about 35%, and the estimated net profit per share after tax in a single quarter is $1 (currently about 6.96 yuan).

Wang Shi, co-president of UMC, pointed out at the meeting that from an application point of view, demand for mobile phones, PC and consumer electronics remained weak in the first half of the year, and customers still put elimination of inventory as the top priority. It is expected that the situation will gradually improve, inventory will move towards a healthy level, and it is cautiously optimistic that demand will gradually pick up in the second half of the year, and the average product price forecast for the whole year will remain stable.

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