Busier fabs are lifting UMC's margins.
Q3 wafer shipments hit a record, and 22nm reached a record 18.3% of wafer sales.
UMC guides Q4 gross margin flat and cites rising demand for advanced packaging and silicon photonics. Its board also approved about $3.2B of added capex.
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