Earthquake, price fall could drive UMC's Q1 gross margin down below 30%

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit southern Taiwan early Tuesday morning and a fall in product prices could send the gross margin of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), the second largest contract chipmaker in Taiwan, below the 30 percent in the first quarter of this year, a company official said.

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