Global Unichip Corporation (GUC) is a worldwide fabless ASIC design service company headquartered in the

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Overview

Founded in 1998, GUC is a dedicated

system-on-chip A system on a chip (SoC) is an integrated circuit that combines most or all key components of a computer or electronic system onto a single microchip. Typically, an SoC includes a central processing unit (CPU) with memory, input/output, and da ...

design foundry based in Taiwan.

TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC or Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is one of the world's most valuable semiconductor companies, the world' ...

became its largest shareholder in 2003.

Facilities

* Headquarter in Hsinchu, Taiwan * Taipei, Taiwan * Tainan, Taiwan * San Jose, California, United States * Yokohama, Japan * Seoul, South Korea * Amsterdam, Netherlands * Shanghai, China * Shenzhen, China * Beijing, China * Nanjing, China

Products

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ASIC An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC ) is an integrated circuit (IC) chip customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use, such as a chip designed to run in a digital voice recorder or a high-efficien ...

s and wafers: Design, wafer manufacturing, packaging and testing services ;

Non-recurring engineering Non-recurring engineering (NRE) cost refers to the one-time cost to research, design, develop and test a new product or product enhancement. When budgeting for a new product, NRE must be considered to analyze if a new product will be profitable. ...

: Circuit design cell library and various IPs required in the product design process; circuit layouts for mask making; subcontract mask making, wafer manufacturing, dicing and packaging to vendors; final testing to get prototype samples ;

Multi-project wafer service Multi-project chip (MPC), and multi-project wafer (MPW) semiconductor manufacturing arrangements allow customers to share tooling (like mask) and microelectronics wafer fabrication cost between several designs or projects. With the MPC arrangement, ...

: Integrates multiple design projects of different customers on one single mask and by one wafer engineer run. It is an effective and fast time-to-market chip verification service with cost-sharing in masking and wafer engineering run. Design engineers, before the phase of mass production, are able to timely verify their prototype designs with advanced process technologies and much lower costs ;

Intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...

: Silicon-verified reusable IC designs with specific functions

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{{Authority control 1998 establishments in Taiwan Taiwanese companies established in 1998 Companies based in Hsinchu Fabless semiconductor companies Semiconductor companies of Taiwan

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